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Golden Record

Music News 

Science says that aliens might not be able to play NASA’s Golden Record

May 29, 2018May 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments aliens, Golden Record, NASA, Voyager

The two most unattainable records in the universe are aboard the Voyager spacecraft, which are both flying beyond our solar

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This Is Cool: A Message From Earth

December 17, 2017December 14, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments A Message From Earth, Golden Record, Voyager

We’ve heard a lot about that golden record aboard Voyager as its journey to the stars continues, at least for

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Music News 

The Return of Geeks and Beats! This is Officially Episode 136 (Or as We Call It, S05E01)

July 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Elite Dangerous, Golden Record, Lego, NASA, Nicholas de Monchaux, Saturn V, Star Trek, VR

Okay, okay. We’ll restart the show. After an 18-month-ish hiatus and much whingeing by the general public, Michael Hainsworth and

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Music History 

The Laughter Mystery of the Golden Record Has Been Solved

July 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Voyager

When the Voyager spacecraft were launched 40 years ago, each of them carried a Golden Record (that’s the official name),

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Spacecraft Fact of the Day: Why Chuck Berry is Flying Through the Universe and the Beatles Aren’t

March 25, 2017March 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Carl Sagan, Chuck Berry, Golden Record, Voyager

One of the coolest music projects ever was the Carl Sagan-curated Golden Record, phonograph records attached to the Voyager 1

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, February 23, 2017

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold, Beethoven, Best Song, Bob Marley, Bono, Completely Ignored, Depeche Mode, Eddie Van Halen, Golden Record, Headphones, James Brown, Jay Z, Kanye West, KISS, Metallica, Mike Pence, Oscars, Thom Yorke, Voyager

I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and

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Monday Timesuck: A New Way to Experience the Voyager Gold Records

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Voyager

Voyagers 1 and 2 are now a long way off (20.6 billion and 16.9 billion miles away) and still light-years

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Music News 

Want: My Own Copy of the Voyager Golden Record

September 23, 2016September 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Voyager

The two rarest and most unattainable records are the golden discs curated by Carl Sagan aboard the two Voyager spacecraft.

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Voyager’s Golden Record is Now Available for Download

July 30, 2015July 29, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, NASA, Voyager 1, Voyager 2

When the Voyager probes were launched in mid-1977, they were each equipped with the rarest record in the universe: gold

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Listen to the First Record Our Future Alien Overlords Will Ever Hear

November 1, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Golden Record, Playlist, Voyager

Way out there in that direction (19,468,009, 525 km, as I write this) and also in that direction (15,994,031,747 km),

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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