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A truly historic Space Age recording is up for auction as the personal copy of the master tapes belonging to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan for the crafting of the Golden Record that flew on Voyager 1 and 2 goes on the block at Sotheby’s.
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Looking at data from NASA’s Voyager 2 collected during the deep space probe’s flyby of Uranus in January 1980, scientists have concluded that four of the planet’s known 27 moons may have oceans beneath their icy crusts.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, … Continue reading Moons around Uranus may have habitable oceans
The search for extraterrestrial civilizations has gotten a major boost as SETI joins forces with the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) near Socorro, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: SETI, Radio,… Continue reading SETI uses VLA giant radio antennae to seek ETs
Saturn is renowned for its rings, easily visible through an ordinary telescope. Now, using observations collected over 40 years, scientists have discovered that the planet’s iconic rings may not be as calm as they look, uncovering a never-before-seen i… Continue reading 40 years of Saturn data uncovers never-before-seen ring phenomenon
The folks at NASA are taking a well-deserved victory lap this week after the splashy reveal of the first scientific images from the James Webb Space Telescope. As we expected, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 17, 2022
The tech news channels were recently abuzz with stories about strange signals coming back from Voyager 1. While the usual suspects jumped to the usual conclusions — aliens!! — in …read more Continue reading How is Voyager Still Talking After All These Years?
The Voyager 1 interplanetary probe was launched in 1977 and has now reached interstellar space where it is the furthest-traveled man-made object. It’s hugely exceeded its original mission and continues …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Talks Some Nonsense, But Is Still Working
The 45-year-old Voyager 1 deep space probe is showing its age as NASA engineers try to determine why it is sending back invalid telemetry data from its attitude control system as it hurtles through interstellar space, never to return.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Voyager 1 puzzles NASA engineers with false telemetry data
When Star Trek: Voyager was in the development phase, concept art was created for a new style of tricorder to be used by the crew of the titular starship. But …read more Continue reading Improving an Already Phenomenal Star Trek Prop
With the 44th anniversary of the launch of Voyager I, [Daniel] decided to use GNU Radio to decode Voyager data. The data isn’t live, but a recording from the Green Bank …read more Continue reading GNU Radio Decodes Voyager Data