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In 1977, Ann Druyan recorded an hour of her brainwaves and heartbeat two days after she and Carl Sagan agreed to marry, and NASA pressed the compressed minute onto Voyager’s Golden Record as a private love signal now more than 25 billion kilometres from Earth Saving Tips June 4, 2026 On June 3, 1977, Ann Druyan sat for an hour-long recording session in New York while instruments captured the electrical…
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