Voyager 1 Arrives at the Outward Reaches of the Solar Wind, Prepares To Enter...
The Heliosphere, AnnotatedNASA/JPLIt is the furthest-flung manmade object ever NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now in its 33rd year on the job, has reached the very edge of our solar system and is nearing...
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A frothy moat, not a shield, protects us from cosmic rays For decades, scientists have believed there to be a fairly well-defined boundary at the edges of our solar system, a region where the sun...
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It was not projected to happen until 2014 The Voyager 1 spacecraft might be crossing the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system much sooner than scientists thought, according to new data...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Has Entered 'Cosmic Purgatory,' Where No Probe Has Gone Before
Voyager 1One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA.NASAMore than three decades after launching from Earth, Voyager 1 is about to leave the solar system. The probe, which was...
View ArticleFor the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
IBEXIBEX has caught the interstellar wind that surrounds and compresses our heliosphere and has found that it travels more slowly and in a different direction than previously thought.NASAA small...
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Voyager 1One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA.NASAIt's perched on the very edge of the solar system, and new data is the strangest yet For at least a year now, NASA has been...
View ArticleIs Voyager 1 Finally Out Of The Solar System? Not Quite
Voyager 1One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA.NASAIt certainly is in strange new territory, though. Sailing through a frozen, frothy sea of charged particles, the...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Arrives at the Outward Reaches of the Solar Wind, Prepares To Enter...
The Heliosphere, Annotated NASA/JPL NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, now in its 33rd year on the job, has reached the very edge of our solar system and is nearing the cusp of interstellar space. How does...
View ArticleApproaching Solar System's Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of...
The New View of the Heliosheath The heliosheath is filled with "magnetic bubbles" (shown in the red pattern) that fill out the region ahead of the heliopause. In this new view, the heliopause is not a...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
Voyager The Voyager 1 spacecraft might be crossing the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system much sooner than scientists thought, according to new data from the probe itself and from...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Has Entered 'Cosmic Purgatory,' Where No Probe Has Gone Before
Voyager 1 One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA. NASA More than three decades after launching from Earth, Voyager 1 is about to leave the solar system. The probe, which was...
View ArticleFor the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
IBEX IBEX has caught the interstellar wind that surrounds and compresses our heliosphere and has found that it travels more slowly and in a different direction than previously thought. NASA A small...
View ArticleVoyager 1, Moving Ever Closer to Solar System's Edge, Hit By Rapidly...
Voyager 1 One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA. NASA For at least a year now, NASA has been waiting with bated breath for Voyager 1 to pass through the boundary of our...
View ArticleIs Voyager 1 Finally Out Of The Solar System? Not Quite
Voyager 1 One of the two identical Voyager probes, as photographed by NASA. NASA Sailing through a frozen, frothy sea of charged particles, the 35-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft is so far from its home...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Arrives at the Outward Reaches of the Solar Wind, Prepares To Enter...
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, now in its 33rd year on the job, has reached the very edge of our solar system and is nearing the cusp of interstellar space. How does NASA know?
View ArticleApproaching Solar System's Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of...
For decades, scientists have believed there to be a fairly well-defined boundary at the edges of our solar system, a region where the sun appears only slightly brighter than…
View ArticleVoyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
The Voyager 1 spacecraft might be crossing the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system much sooner than scientists thought, according to new data from the probe itself and from the...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Has Entered 'Cosmic Purgatory,' Where No Probe Has Gone Before
More than three decades after launching from Earth, Voyager 1 is about to leave the solar system. The probe, which was originally launched along with companion spacecraft…
View ArticleFor the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
A small Earth-orbiting probe has sampled the interstellar wind for the first time, detecting four types of atoms that originated in distant stars and traveled across the…
View ArticleVoyager 1, Moving Ever Closer to Solar System's Edge, Hit By Rapidly...
For at least a year now, NASA has been waiting with bated breath for Voyager 1 to pass through the boundary of our solar system and become our first emissary to the stars.
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