La missione Voyager
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On Wednesday, October 15 at 6:00 PM, the South Tyrol Museum of Natural Sciences invites you to the lecture-performance “Voyager”. An astrophysicist from the science outreach project “Chi ha paura del buio?” (“Who’s Afraid of the Dark?”) will guide the audience through one of humanity’s most extraordinary journeys: the missions of the two Voyager space probes.
Exploring space is not just about pushing boundaries. It is also an expression of the human desire to outlive its own time. This deeply human sentiment is embodied in two small objects called “Voyager.” After more than 40 years in space, both probes are now in interstellar space, beyond the heliosphere, more than 20 billion kilometers from Earth. Despite the immense distance, they continue to transmit data back to Earth and remind us of unforgettable discoveries, such as the first images of Uranus and Neptune or the famous “Pale Blue Dot” photo.
The Voyager probes also carry a message from humanity: two golden records containing music, greetings in many languages, and information about Earth and DNA. Perhaps one day, they will be found — as a testimony to peace, science, and hope. More likely, however, they will travel for millions, perhaps billions, of years across the vastness of the cosmos, outliving humanity itself.
Guest of the museum is astrophysicist Matteo Miluzio, creator of “Chi ha paura del buio?” — an online project dedicated to science communication in astronomy, space science, and climatology, followed by more than 380,000 people.
The event will be held in Italian. Admission is free. Online reservation is recommended via the museum’s website.
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