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Voyager Probes Give Us ET's View

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-different-look dept.

astroengine writes "For the first time, scientists have been able to measure a type of radiation streaming out from the Milky Way that in other galaxies has been linked to the birthplaces of young, hot stars. There was no way to make our own galaxy's measurement of the radiation, known as Lyman-alpha, until the Voyager probes were about 40 times as far away from the sun as Earth — any closer and the solar system's own emissions drowned out the fainter glow from the galaxy."

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  1. Re:So Cool... by master_p · · Score: 0, Troll

    > Score:4, Insightful
    > is LEAVING OUR GALAXY

    Today is the day Slashdot died :-(.