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While tantalus cannot post links, I can. I edited this post to add a link to the BBC article and to remove a lot of the quoted content. You can read the full article by following the link.
Voyager near Solar System's edge. The article is on today's (13 December 2010 ) BBC website. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466
I find it exciting to think we will have managed to exit the solar system for the first time, altough it depends on what you define as the edge of the solar system, some may argue that they are already out, but I think it is mostly agreed that we still havent achieved that milestone (milestone - hmmm not a very suitable word ).
While tantalus cannot post links, I can. I edited this post to add a link to the BBC article and to remove a lot of the quoted content. You can read the full article by following the link.
Voyager near Solar System's edge. The article is on today's (13 December 2010 ) BBC website. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988466
Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, has reached a new milestone in its quest to leave the Solar System.
Now 17.4bn km (10.8bn miles) from home, the veteran probe has detected a distinct change in the flow of particles that surround it.
These particles, which emanate from the Sun, are no longer travelling outwards but are moving sideways.
It means Voyager must be very close to making the jump to interstellar space - the space between the stars.
I find it exciting to think we will have managed to exit the solar system for the first time, altough it depends on what you define as the edge of the solar system, some may argue that they are already out, but I think it is mostly agreed that we still havent achieved that milestone (milestone - hmmm not a very suitable word ).
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