Four and a half decades after launch and over 14 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 still makes new discoveries. The spacecraft has picked up the signature of interstellar space itself, a faint plasma "hum" scientists compared to gentle rain.
Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space
Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space
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Re: Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space
Fascinating physics...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ... 03GL018514
Nothing really a “hum” .. 2-3 kHz after the shock wave of the Suns Heliospause https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere
front where it meets the interstellar medium is unknown at this unprecedented time.. the science will need sometime to understand this, and I for one look forward to the science of the interaction of the solar systems frontier and the space between stars.
Super cool that voyager probe is still sending back communications from so far away.
What is fascinating thought is the probe has pushed through that bow shock wave for years now, and this persistent 2-3khz emission of electrons has been continuous and without a drop...
That’s
Really interesting.
Also the frequency of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium and the frequency of cosmic rays penetration inside the solar system has massive implications for solar system exploration by humanity.
Cool stuff
To put into perspective. A single cosmic ray event passing through a humans body will strip its DNA
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ... 03GL018514
Nothing really a “hum” .. 2-3 kHz after the shock wave of the Suns Heliospause https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere
front where it meets the interstellar medium is unknown at this unprecedented time.. the science will need sometime to understand this, and I for one look forward to the science of the interaction of the solar systems frontier and the space between stars.
Super cool that voyager probe is still sending back communications from so far away.
What is fascinating thought is the probe has pushed through that bow shock wave for years now, and this persistent 2-3khz emission of electrons has been continuous and without a drop...
That’s
Really interesting.
Also the frequency of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium and the frequency of cosmic rays penetration inside the solar system has massive implications for solar system exploration by humanity.
Cool stuff
To put into perspective. A single cosmic ray event passing through a humans body will strip its DNA
Re: Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space
Cosmic ray in a cloud chamber.