The uranium-238 electroplated onto the Voyager record cover really is a clock a finder could read. B...
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June 17, 2026
Whoever finds the Voyager Golden Record will know exactly how long it has been drifting, because the scientists who built it pressed a small sample of uranium into the cover — a built-in clock that keeps time for roughly a billion years.
The uranium-238 electroplated onto the Voyager record cover really is a clock a finder could read. But with a half-life of 4.51 billion years it keeps time...
The uranium-238 electroplated onto the Voyager record cover really is a clock a finder could read. But with a half-life of 4.51 billion years it keeps time...
Author: Space Daily
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