First Measurements Of The Solar Wind Termination Shock By Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 11:21
in Astronomy & Space
Space physicists report that the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which has been traveling outward from the sun for 31 years, has made the first direct observations of the solar wind termination shock, according to an article in the journal Nature.
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