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Voyager Is Sending Us the Sounds of Interstellar Space

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The spacecraft has 12 billion miles on its odometer and has now left the solar system.

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Thirty six years after it blasted off from Florida, the Voyager spacecraft has officially entered interstellar space, the cold region where particles from our sun stop and the remnants of ancient exploded stars begin.

It’s hard to fathom how far Voyager has gone.

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