Top Solar Discoveries #2: Squashed Heliosphere
March 20, 2009
Number 2 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of the ‘squashed’ heliosphere when Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the bubble of solar wind at different distances from the sun. This led to a change in the way we see the shape of our heliosphere. credit: NASA
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Environment, Technology Internet, Voyager program, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 terametres, Solar System, wind, Voyager 1, Solar wind, United States, Heliosphere, Sun