Time for an update on the rarest and most unattainable record in the universe. These are the phonograph records attached to the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft which were launched in 1977. These are real phonograph records made from gold (gold is very durable and will last for millions of years out in the cold of space.)
They are the standard 12 inches in diameter and designed to play at 16 2/3 RPM. What’s on the record? A bunch of sounds and photographs of earth. And yes, this includes music. Most of it is classical and folk music–but there is one rock song: “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry. Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away while Voyager 2 is about 13 billion miles away.
If there’s life orbiting the star AC+79 3888 in the constellation Ophiuchus, let’s hope they kept their turntables–40,000 years from now.
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