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NASA probe hears "shriek" in space as it leaves solar system (audio)
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Posted on 09/15/2013 2:54:35 PM PDT by Dallas59

A strange, unearthly “shriek” greeted NASA’s Voyager I spacecraft as it became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.

A strange rising “howl” was detected by instruments aboard the 36-year-old probe, which has travelled 12 billion miles away from our sun.

The sound was transmitted back to scientists on Earth, over a distance so vast radio waves take 17 hours to reach us. Science site iO9 described the sounds as “creepy” and “wraithlike”.

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KEYWORDS: mystery; nasa; science; scream; space; voyager; voyager1
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To: Political Junkie Too

The Great Barrier Shriek?


81 posted on 09/15/2013 6:41:02 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: mikrofon

Oops. I dropped some zeros. You are correct.


82 posted on 09/15/2013 6:56:17 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: Dallas59

Vogon Poetry being broadcast throughout the galaxy.


83 posted on 09/15/2013 7:15:01 PM PDT by Redcitizen (.)
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To: Kip Russell

Thanks for the short story. I read it tonight and liked it a lot.


84 posted on 09/15/2013 7:26:15 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
Thanks for the short story. I read it tonight and liked it a lot.

Brin hit it out of the park with that one...the Hugo it won was well-deserved.

85 posted on 09/15/2013 7:37:48 PM PDT by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: dragnet2

Hmmm. We will see. Wouldn’t Vger broadcast encrypted information normally? Wouldn’t do for aliens to find out what we are finding out.


86 posted on 09/15/2013 7:53:36 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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