NASA will use an array of six large antennas to receive science data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has traveled farther than any other human spacecraft.
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This April 20, 2024, image shows a first: all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, part of NASA's Deep Space Network
Voyager 1 reports from space beyond our solar system by Jake Pearson
– For the first time, the density of interstellar space has been measured continuously for many years, which is very interesting, says John-Eric Wahland, professor of space physics at the Institute of Space Physics in Uppsala.
In 1977, two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, orbited the giant giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in a long voyage out of the Solar System.
Went through an obstacle
The heliosphere, the protective bubble of the Solar System, was first abandoned by Voyager 1, which passed through the barrier in August 2012, separating our solar system from the rest of the world.
Voyager 1, which is the farthest human-made object from Earth and the first to enter interstellar space, has been detecting a âfaint, persistent humâ that scientists have attributed to interstellar gas.
Phys.org, citing research published in Nature Astronomy, reported that the spacecraftâs Plasma Wave System has picked up a âpersistent signature produced by the tenuous near-vacuum of space.â
James Cordes, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, reportedly described the sound as a âquiet or gentle rain.â
âIn the case of a solar outburst, itâs like detecting a lightning burst in a thunderstorm and then itâs back to a gentle rain,â he said.