NASA Ambassador to Utah Patrick Wiggins recently revealed that the space agency has discovered an FM signal from one of Jupiter’s moons. So the group has decided to extend the life of two of their planet detection missions, Juno among them. The FM signal was discovered from Ganymede which is one of the moors of Jupiter.
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NASA discovered an FM signal from Jupiter
According to reports by local Utah news station KTVX, Patrick Wiggins said NASA’s Juno mission has detected an FM signal from Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede. However, the discovery does not mark extraterrestrial life, but it is certainly an unexpected and interesting development for the astronauts, especially when it is about a celestial satellite. A NASA Ambassador while speaking about the Jupiter Moon said “It’s not ET It’s more of a natural responsibility.”
Image ~ Ganymede by NASA
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According to KTVX, this discovery comes as no surprise as the signal appears to have occurred with electrons oscillating at a lower rate than their spin, amplifying radio waves. In terms of science, NASA has “discovered the instability of cyclotron maser (CMI).” The spacecraft Juno saw it in 2017 behind the auroras on Jupiter.
The Juno spacecraft was launched in 2011, and traveled throughout the Jupiter pole region. He then went over the “decametric radio transmission,” or just Wi-Fi (radio source) and found the radio transmission for just five seconds verifying the source. NASA throws some light on decametric radio transmissions saying that these radio waves have frequencies between 10 and 40 MHz, but never above 40 MHz. The space agency said: “Electric spins in Jupiter’s magnetic field are thought to be responsible for the radio noise we hear.”
Image ~ Jupiter Moons by NASA
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It is also clear that scientists have been aware of the radio waves on Jupiter since the mid – 1950s. However, this citation not only confirms the source but this is the first time a scientist has noticed Ganymede coming from the FM signal. These results were recently published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede has always told scientists that it is the largest moon for the planet. He has repeatedly provided a number of developments such as the detection of “electromagnetic chorus waves” in 2018 and evidence of an underground ocean in NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope 2015.
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