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Voyager 1 Breaking Through the Borders of the Solar System

June 15, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter After almost 35 years traveling at over 35,000 mph, the venerable (and still operational!) Voyager 1 spacecraft is truly breaking through to the other side, crossing the outermost boundaries of our solar system into interstellar space — over 11 billion miles [...]

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Heliopause

November 1, 2011

The heliopause is the theoretical boundary where the solar wind and interstellar wind counter balance each other. The area will remain a virtual mystery until Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 enter it on their way out of our solar system. Voyager 1 should be the first to arrive, entering in 2014. There are multiple theories [...]

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Voyagers Find Giant Jacuzzi-like Bubbles at Edge of Solar System

June 10, 2011

The barrier at the edge of our Solar System may not be the smooth shield that scientists once thought. The venerable Voyager spacecraft have detected a huge, turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles in the heliosheath — the interface between the heliosphere and interstellar space — similar to an actively bubbling Jacuzzi tub. At a briefing [...]

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