Voyager 2 sends update from beyond the solar system after 42 year mission

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[–]critias 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Cool stuff

[–]mikipika 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I feel so proud of humanity and so humbled by the universe. Viva Voyager!

[–]Assfuck 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Fake and gay

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Exactly. The idea that this craft from the 70's is sending a diffused signal back to Earth across billions and billions of miles is questionable, at best.

Literally billions!

If you think you can conceive of a 1 billion mile distance, then you are probably fooling yourself.
The US is only 3000 miles across, for reference.

Does anyone think that a radio from the 70's can send signals as far as 1 million miles???
It takes a giant radio tower (+300 ft) to send radio one way, and it has an upper range of 300 miles.

We can barely see Pluto with as telescope, and we're supposed to believe that Voyager is sending signals back from farther than our telescopes can reasonably even see?!?

Someone has to call bullshit!

Edit:. Adding that Pluto is 5.9 billion miles away from the sun.

https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/02/09/nasa-pluto-speed-of-light-video/

It takes about 8 minutes for light to reach Earth and over FIVE hours for the same light beam to reach Pluto,

[–]NoOil 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Someone has to be put in a mental hospital!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

I can't see you with a telescope so do you exist?!?!

Wait... You're wearing camouflage clothes?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

https://www.universetoday.com/44534/plutos-distance-from-the-sun/

Pluto is 5.9 billion miles away from the sun.

You can't see it with your telescope either. ;-)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I want to see the martians that NASA hides from us while selling cocaine to Australians.

I have a problem though, I am low on budget so I searched for a cheaper telescope, will this work? https://imgur.com/ihVjOMa

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That will work fine for your purposes.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's pretty easy to send signals that far...

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Easy for NASA to claim.

Impossible to verify.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do some simple math and you'll find out that it is extremely likely to be true.

The people at NASA were shocked that it kept going, they didn't know at first.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It wouldn't be the first time that NASA staff was fooled by their active hoaxters.

It's called compartmentalization.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Amazing...

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unbelievable...

;-)

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe to some, but I believe it

[–]zyxzevn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It found that the heliopause - the barrier where the solar and interstellar winds meet - was much more defined than scientists anticipated.

Not predicted, but kind of expected with plasma cosmology.

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calling it wind sounds retarded. can't be wind in space cuz of no air

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

fake