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The weird space that lies outside our Solar System – BBC News
The mysterious dark vacuum of interstellar space is finally being revealed by two intrepid spacecraft that have become the first human-made objects to leave our Solar System.
Provornikova says there may be a blanket of hydrogen covering some or all of the heliosphere, whose effects have yet to be decoded. In addition, the heliosphere appears to be careening into an interstellar cloud of particles and dust left over from ancient cosmic events whose effects on the boundary and on those of us who live within it have not been predicted.
It could change the dimensions of the heliosphere, it could change its shape, says Provornikova. It could have different temperatures,…
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