NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

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 cover of the Golden Record shows a map of pulsars, for aliens to know where we sent this probe from, as well as how to ...

The Voyager Golden Record project was the result of an official NASA committee chaired by famed astrophysicist, Carl Sagan, then working at Cornell University.The team overseen by creative ...

Now, a copy of the master recording for NASA’s Voyager Golden Record — the one kept by the late astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife, producer Ann Druyan — will be for sale at Sotheby’s New ...

Voyager 1, our 13 billion mile-long selfie stick, may never get the Golden Record into the hands of aliens from a far-off galaxy. But at least now, that doesn’t mean that no one will ever get to ...

Timothy Ferris, the producer of the Golden Record, which was launched aboard the twin Voyager probes, in 1977, describes how the project came to fruition.

A Golden Record is prepared to be attached to NASA's Voyager spacecraft in 1977. NASA and a team led by Carl Sagan worked collaboratively to design the record and decide its contents. Preparing ...

Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition is the brainchild of David Pescovitz, Timothy Daly and Lawrence Azerrad, and will mark the first public vinyl release of the Golden project.

The Golden Record, seen here with its aluminum engraved cover (at left), was mounted on each of NASA's two Voyager probes as a message to anyone who came across them in the future.

Both Voyager spacecraft carry a copy of the Golden Record. The record's protective cover, with instructions for playing its contents, is shown at left. NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Sent to space aboard NASA’s twin Voyager probes, the records were designed as the first recorded interstellar message from humankind to potential intelligent life in the cosmos.