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1. Voyager 1 Bids Farewell to the Solar System

   The Voyager 1 spacecraft will soon have a new territory to explore—interstellar space. Voyager chief scientist Ed Stone discusses whether the spacecraft will have a bumpy exit from the solar system, and the chances Voyager’s golden record may someday be intercepted by an advanced space-faring civilization.

   GUESTS Ed Stone Chief Scientist, Voyager Professor, Physics California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California

   http://sciencefriday.com/segment/06/22/2012/voyager-1-bids-farewell-to-the-solar-system.html

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   Tagged with space nasa voyager voyager 1 interstellar sun deep space milky way carl sagan

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2. The Memory Palace Episode 24: The Moon in the Sun

   The article began by triumphantly listing a series of stunning astronomical breakthroughs that the famous British astronomer, Sir John Herschel, had apparently made "by means of a telescope of vast dimensions and an entirely new principle." Herschel, the article declared, had established a "new theory of cometary phenomena"; he had discovered planets in other solar systems; and he had "solved or corrected nearly every leading problem of mathematical astronomy." Then, almost as if it were an afterthought, the article revealed Herschel’s final, stunning achievement: he had discovered life on the moon!

   From: http://thememorypalace.us/2010/01/episode-24-the-moon-in-the-sun/

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   Tagged with 19th century aliens astronomy journalism new york newspapers sir john herschel sir william herschel the moon the sun uranus yale

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