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42 years on, Voyager 2 charts interstellar space – The Bisouv Network – The Bisouv Network
A probe launched by NASA four days after Elvis died has delivered a treasure trove of data from beyond the “solar bubble” that envelops Earth and our neighbouring planets, scientists reported Monday.
But for every mystery Voyager 2 has solved about the solar winds, magnetic fields and cosmic rays that buffet the boundary between interstellar space and the Sun’s sphere of influence, a new one has cropped up.
Voyager 2 left Earth’s orbit in 1977 a month before its twin Voyager 1, but took seven years…
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