Voyager encounters unexpected area in the space, NASA says where our furthest probe is.
After much wandering, after becoming the human probe farther from the Earth and man-made object that has gone further than any other, after having a closer look at the planets of the solar system in the 70s, Voyager 1 still does not stop to surprise, coming to an unexpected portion of the space.
As described by the NASA press conference in Pasadena, California, Voyager 1 was in front of a real and unexpected area on the border between the heliosphere and interstellar space. In this space, shortly before the effects of the wind and the gravitational pull of the sun have no effect, NASA astronomers have discovered this unexpected portion of the space that acts as a sort of “freeway space. “
The “traffic” is generated by high-energy particles coming from outer space that enter the solar system and the low-energy from the solar system in which we live that runs away. This connection between areas of the space allows particles with less energy ( which have arisen in the internal heliosphere, the region closer to the Sun) to accelerate towards the outside and enables the external highly charged particles, to flow inside the ‘heliosphere, creating a real shock energy.
Voyager 1 is definitely in this area since last July, according to preliminary estimates by NASA astronomers it should overcome this border area within two months or within a maximum of two years, finally abandoning the solar system, including this unexpected prominence , where the solar wind drops but the magnetic field generated by the Sun grows unexpectedly.
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