Impressionist Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 08:49 in Astronomy & Space

At the edge of our solar system in December 2004, the Voyager 1 spacecraft encountered something never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar space. read more

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