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Why Voyager 1 Is Talking in Gibberish

Why Voyager 1 Is Talking in Gibberish

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Voyager 1, a spacecraft exploring beyond our solar system, encountered a mysterious issue with its signal data. Despite being 24 billion kilometers away, it sent back garbled information, puzzling NASA scientists. The problem was traced to the spacecraft using an older, faulty computer system. After months of investigation, NASA resolved the issue by switching back to the correct system. The incident highlights the challenges of maintaining such an old spacecraft in interstellar space and leaves some questions unanswered about why the switch occurred.

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