EPISODE · Jun 1, 2021 · 52 MIN
79: Voyager Hears A Hum
from syzygy · host Chris Stewart
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What this episode covers
Our farthest-flung object, little Voyager 1, is still hurtling through the cosmos, 21 light hours away in interstellar space. And decades into its mission it's still measuring stuff! Voyager 1 sent back measurements of the background hum of the interstellar medium, the incredibly diffuse plasma that fills the void between our solar system and the next.
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