“A mystery like this is sort of par for the course at this stage of the Voyager mission,” said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for Voyager 1 and 2 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a statement.
The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” was advertised with the memorable tagline, “In space no can hear you scream.” But, it did not say anything about humming.
Instruments aboard NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which ten years ago exited our solar system’s outer reaches, have detected a faint monotonous hum.
What is causing this cosmic hum?
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