The sound of planet Jupiter #spacescience #jupiter #space #spaceexploration #planet #astronomy

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, the two-spacecraft launched by NASA in 1977, carried instruments to study the outer planets of our solar system, including Jupiter. The sound recordings of Jupiter were not captured using microphones since sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space. Instead, the instruments onboard Voyager detected electromagnetic waves emitted by Jupiter and its surroundings.

One of the instruments responsible for capturing these electromagnetic waves was the Plasma Wave Subsystem (PWS). PWS was designed to detect and analyze radio and plasma waves in the space environment. These waves can be converted into sound frequencies that we can perceive, allowing us to "hear" the radio emissions from celestial objects.

The electromagnetic waves detected by PWS were converted into audible sounds, providing scientists with valuable information about the space environment around Jupiter. These sounds are not actually "sound" as we typically think of it but are representations of the electromagnetic activity in the vicinity of the planet.

So, while Voyager didn't "record" sound in the traditional sense, it captured electromagnetic data that was converted into sound representations for scientific analysis and public outreach.