Astronomy Universe · John Marcano
NASA: Voyager 1’s Terrifying Discovery After 46 Years!
·22 min·2 clips
Voyager discovered Io's volcanoes erupting 30 times higher than Everest, making it the solar system's most volcanically active body.
As heard by us
A measured Voyager story that turns distance, endurance, and the Pale Blue Dot into something eerie and memorable.
Voyager 1 is handled as a story of scale and persistence, with the twin launches, the Pale Blue Dot sequence, the old 8-track tape system, and the striking fact that 1970s hardware is still sending data back after decades all working toward the same effect.
Why you'd press play
Follow Voyager 1 from launch to interstellar space, where it still sends back data after more than 40 years.
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