The Golden Record is basically a 90-minute interstellar mixtape — a message of goodwill from the people of Earth to any extraterrestrial passersby who might stumble upon one of the two Voyager ...

The Voyager Golden Record, the object comprised of Earth’s best representation of song and sound that launched into space in 1977 for extraterrestrial beings, will be reissued on vinyl in honor ...

Here’s how it works. In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft that would venture far out into deep space, each carrying a golden record with a message from Earth for any aliens the vessels might ...

The Golden Record consists of 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music. J Marshall - Tribaleye Images / Alamy “I ...

If an extraterrestrial species were ever to intercept the famed Golden Record blasted off decades ago into space, they'd be introduced to timeless elements of humanity and our existence on Earth ...

(Microsoft Photo) Forty-seven years after NASA sent a “Golden Record” into deep space to document humanity’s view of the world, Microsoft’s Project Silica is teaming up with a citizen ...

With this prospect in mind, each was fitted with a copy of what has come to be called the Golden Record. Etched in copper, plated with gold, and sealed in aluminum cases, the records are expected ...

While recent equipment issues hint at the historic mission’s impending end, each spacecraft carries a token of humanity with them into the cosmic abyss: one of two Golden Records engraved with ...

In 1977, NASA approved the idea of sending a "Golden Record" into the cosmos with the Voyager spacecraft. Astronomers Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, author Ann Druyan, artist Jon Lomberg and Timothy ...