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Unexpectedly, Cosmic Ray Intensity in Space Reaches Highest Level in 50 Years
Heliosphere BubbleThe sun's weakening magnetic bubbles lets more cosmic rays in to threaten space missionsNASAHigh cosmic ray levels may threaten future human missions to Mars Grab those tin foil hats,...
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Video: IBEX Spacecraft Produces First Full Map of Where We Are in the Galaxy
Interstellar BoundaryForget spaceship Earth, here's a real interstellar voyageNASAA new sky map shows the region where our solar system bumps up against interstellar boundaries Lost galactic...
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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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Approaching Solar System's Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of...
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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Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
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...
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Space Weather Is Worsening; Could Mean Risk for Astronauts and Delay Manned...
Solar Flare and CME, Feb. 2010NASAThe hibernating sun leaves humans unprotected Our sun has been more active lately as it enters a new phase in its 11-year cycle, which is one reason we've seen a bunch...
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For 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 1, Moving Ever Closer to Solar System's Edge, Hit By Rapidly...
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...
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Is 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...
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Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer
In the Magnetic HighwayAn illustration of the Voyager 1 in the "magnetic highway" region it reached last AugustNASA/JPL-CaltechNew papers describe an unexpected boundary region at the edge of the...
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Unexpectedly, Cosmic Ray Intensity in Space Reaches Highest Level in 50 Years
Heliosphere Bubble The sun's weakening magnetic bubbles lets more cosmic rays in to threaten space missions NASA Grab those tin foil hats, because NASA says that galactic cosmic rays have reached a...
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Video: IBEX Spacecraft Produces First Full Map of Where We Are in the Galaxy
Interstellar Boundary Forget spaceship Earth, here's a real interstellar voyage NASA Lost galactic hitchhikers can now rejoice when they visit our corner of the Milky Way. A new sky map created by a...
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Voyager 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...
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Approaching 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...
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Voyager 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...
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Space Weather Is Worsening; Could Mean Risk for Astronauts and Delay Manned...
Solar Flare and CME, Feb. 2010 NASA Our sun has been more active lately as it enters a new phase in its 11-year cycle, which is one reason we've seen a bunch of enormous coronal mass ejections and...
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For 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...
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Voyager 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...
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Is 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...
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Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer
In the Magnetic Highway An illustration of the Voyager 1 in the "magnetic highway" region it reached last August NASA/JPL-Caltech Voyager 1 entered a strange and unexpected part of space within the...
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