Voyager 1 Detects an Unspecified Object While Exploring Interstellar Space

Voyager 1, which is the farthest human-made object from Earth and the first to the precinct the premises of interstellar space, has been detecting an unspecified object or phenomenon which the scientists have attributed to interstellar gas. According to the reports, the unspecified object is ingeniously referred to as a “faint, persistent hum.”

A report that got cited by Phys.org stated that the spacecraft’s Plasma Wave System has seized a persistent signature revoked by the tenuous near-vacuum of space. James Cordes, a professor of astronomy at the Cornell University,  was enticed by the vehemence fabricated out of the sounds and described it as a quiet or gentle rain.

“In the case of a solar outburst, it’s like detecting a lightning burst in a thunderstorm and then it’s back to a gentle rain,” he said.Stellar Koch Ocker was leading the charge of the research and said that they are working to detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas, which was presumably considered as an unspecified element. He claimed that the sounds are very faint and monotone as it is placed in the narrow frequency bandwidth.

Along the pathway of the solar system, the Voyager 1 marked down its entrance on a tour to the gas giant planets back in 1977. Voyager 1 has been working on its missions and it empowered Saturn as a gravitational beaming light to powering itself past Pluto.

It got the grave past other voyages because of its size comparable to that of a subcompact car, which carries instruments that conducts a detailed study about magnetic fields. It further grips about things that are apparent to the solar system, and it generally consists of cosmic rays and solar wind.