NASA Voyager: 'Tsunami Wave' Still Flies Through Interstellar Space

• The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three shock waves

• The most recent shock wave, first observed in February 2014, still appears to be going on

• One wave, previously reported, helped researchers determine that Voyager 1 had entered interstellar space

The "tsunami wave" that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft began experiencing earlier this year is still propagating outward, according to new results. It is the longest-lasting shock wave that researchers have seen in interstellar space.

"Most people would have thought the interstellar medium would have been smooth and quiet. But these shock waves seem to be more common than we thought," said Don Gurnett, professor of physics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Gurnett presented the new data Monday, Dec. 15 at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nasa-voyager-tsunami-wave-still-flies-through-interstellar-space/index.html#.VJIUlHsk5-w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_u-RZTwpECg
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three "tsunami waves" in interstellar space. Listen to how these waves cause surrounding ionized matter to ring like a bell.

Amazing.

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another link. leaving the NASA youtube link :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_u-RZTwpECg

The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three "tsunami waves" in interstellar space. Listen to how these waves cause surrounding ionized matter to ring like a bell.

The sound of insterstellar space: Nasa's Voyager 1 probe reveals deep space sounds a lot like bells ringing as it rides massive 'tsumani wave'
The 'tsunami wave' is still propagating outward, according to the new results.

It is the longest-lasting shock wave that researchers have seen in interstellar space.

'Most people would have thought the interstellar medium would have been smooth and quiet. But these shock waves seem to be more common than we thought,' said Don Gurnett, professor of physics at the University of Iowa.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2878274/The-sound-insterstellar-space-Nasa-s-Voyager-1-probe-reveals-deep-space-sounds-lot-like-bells-ringing-rides-massive-tsumani-wave.html

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Thanks Lyn, that was amazing.

Have to agree with one of the comments though...

"I get so frustrated when I think what is done with so little...just imagine what we could do (as a species) with the staggering amounts of money spent on killing and protection against killing each other."

...does make one wonder we really could do!

Very interesting link Lynn, thanks.

Cheers.

Thanks and Your Welcome :)

I agree with your comment Sirius.

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insterstellar space, sounds frightening.

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Thanks and Your Welcome :)

I agree with your comment Sirius.

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insterstellar space, sounds frightening.

well, don't go there than! :D

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sorry people i can't look at the links for some reason with my lappy and the main machine is to busy with Bitcoin so i can't use it till all the units for the gpu have finished in the morning and i switch back to seti so

does the links say what causes the waves , a reminate of a supernova's or somehow the sun ??

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sorry people i can't look at the links for some reason with my lappy and the main machine is to busy with Bitcoin so i can't use it till all the units for the gpu have finished in the morning and i switch back to seti so

does the links say what causes the waves , a reminate of a supernova's or somehow the sun ??

from the article:

A 'tsunami wave' occurs when the sun emits a coronal mass ejection, throwing out a magnetic cloud of plasma from its surface. This generates a wave of pressure.

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NASA’s space probes have a record for aliens

Is there any intelligent life out there in the cosmos? And if so, are they into Chuck Berry?

Thanks to the Voyager space probes, launched in 1977, we may find out. The probes have completed their primary objectives of gathering data and taking images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, picked up slingshot speed from the gravitational pulls of those planets and are hurtling into the abyss between solar systems.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/15/nasas-space-probes-have-a-record-for-aliens/

Voyager 1 & 2.

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... Have to agree with one of the comments though...

"I get so frustrated when I think what is done with so little...just imagine what we could do (as a species) with the staggering amounts of money spent on killing and protection against killing each other."

...does make one wonder we really could do!

Positive cooperation is vastly more productive than destructive competition...

We can enjoy positive competition whilst still enjoying the benefits of cooperation. However, capitalism-without-morals right through to tribalism-without-morals look to ruin that for all...

There has to be a better way?


All on our only one planet,
Martin

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That's wild to hear, and even wilder that it was recorded and sent back to us from so far away, after all these years. Thanks for posting that.

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Wow! Thanks for sharing this, Lynn. Very cool stuff :)