Voyager seeks the answer blowin' in the wind
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 07:00
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- In which direction is the sun's stream of charged particles banking when it nears the edge of the solar system? The answer, scientists know, is blowing in the wind. It's just a matter of getting NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in the right orientation to detect it.