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In this episode, Ray kicks things off with NASA’s Voyager mission uncovering extreme plasma temperatures—up to 50,000 ...
According to calculations from IFLScience's resident astronomer, Dr Alfredo Carpineti, using data from NASA's Eyes on the ...
(CNN) — Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission has launched to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar ...
In a finding that’s as strange as it is fascinating, NASA’s Voyager 1 has entered a region just beyond the heliopause where temperatures skyrocket to an estimated 50,000°C, and yet—against all odds—it ...
Imagine a fiery wall of gas reaching temperatures up to 50,000 K (equivalent to 90,000 °F). Thankfully, this barrier is not located near a star or at the ...
(CNN) — NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched 47 years ago, are shutting off some science instruments in an effort to conserve power and keep their storied missions going. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 ...
Voyager 1, NASA's farthest man-made object, launched in 1977, continues to explore interstellar space, sending back valuable ...
Update: Voyager is officially “the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space,” according to NASA. Even the spaciest of space nuts could be forgiven for being a little confused about ...