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Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening (spacedaily.com)

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[-] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

That's because the cartel ceased to operate almost a hundred years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026

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