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 ...

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

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.

Voyager 2 reached interstellar space in 2018 and has the distinction of being the only spacecraft to have explored Uranus and Neptune. The 'golden record' on board Voyager ...

The Voyager Gold Record attached to a space probe circa 1977. Space Frontiers/Archive Photos/Getty Images. Eight copies of the Voyager Golden Record were created, including the two currently on ...

Voyager 1 is currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth at about 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away, while Voyager 2 has traveled more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will achieve an extraordinary milestone, becoming the first human-made object to reach a full ...

Cornell is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Voyager spacecraft launch with a three-day multimedia exhibition this weekend highlighted by a rare Golden Record cover never before put on ...

(CNN) — One of the most iconic pieces of space exploration history is up for auction. When NASA’s twin Voyager probes lifted off to explore the solar system just weeks apart in 1977, they ...

The record’s gold-tinted aluminum cover has an ultra-pure sample of the isotope uranium-238 electroplated upon it. This serves as a clock, as Uranium-238 has a half-life of 4.468 billion years.

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 ...

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 ...