Voyager Enters Final Frontier Of Solar System |
Voyager Enters Final Frontier Of Solar System |
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Jun 3 2005, 10:47 PM
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http://planetary.org/news/2005/voyager-upd...ation_0524.html
Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object in space, has crossed the termination shock, the last major threshold in the solar system, team members announced today at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Sep 23 2006, 09:40 AM
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There's a new story at science.nasa.gov about some of the things Voyager 1 has found within the heliosheath. Magnetic turbulence, a slower than expected solar wind, and unexpected anomalous cosmic ray intensities are the main things mentioned. I hope this helps make the case for continued funding.
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