Physicists make first measurements of the solar wind termination shock
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 10:14
in Astronomy & Space
Two University of Iowa space physicists report that the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which has been travelling outward from the Sun for 31 years, has made the first direct observations of the solar wind termination shock, according to a paper published in the 3 July issue of the journal Nature...
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