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10 Things: Going Interstellar

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Material Type
  • Article/Informative Text
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 2.2 – The Sun defines the space…
NGSS
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Heliosphere
  • Interstellar Space
Heliophysics Missions
  • IBEX
  • PUNCH
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

Click Here: Humanity’s great leap into interstellar space – the space between the stars – has begun. Here are 10 things we’ve learned about going interstellar.