of charged particles that our Sun blowsaround our solar neighbourhood,called the

heliosphere. Before reachingthis region, the particles bouncedaround in a haywi

re fashion, trappedwithin the Sun-made barrier. Voyager 1 continues to observe the
spiral magnetic field from the Sun, says Project of charged particles that our Sun
blowsaround our solar neighbourhood,called the heliosphere. Before reachingthis
region, the particles bouncedaround in a haywire fashion, trappedwithin the Sun
-made barrier. Voyager 1 continues to observe thespiral magnetic field from the Su
n, says Project Scientist of the spacecraft,Edward Stone who divides his time betw
een the California Institute of Technology and NASA s Jet PropulsionLaboratory. Sin
ce August 25 2012,that field appears to be well connectedto interstellar space b
ecause all of the energetic ions from inside haveescaped and cosmic rays from ou
tsidehave streamed inside. Stone reasonsthat since these solar field lines arewel
l connected to the outside, theyare most likely to be the outermostlayer of the
Sun s heliosphere wherethey can contain and connect to theinterstellar magnetic fi
eld.
Voyager 1 finds new magnetic regionat the edge of the Solar System
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
As Stone and his team were notexpecting such results, they havecome to expect t
he unexpectedfrom the spacecraft and whateverit encounters. We expected thatVoyag
er 1 would have to be outsidethe heliosphere in order to observethe peak intensi
ty of cosmic raysoutside, says Stone. Instead, Voyagerdiscovered a boundary layer
of solarmagnetic field that allows the cosmicrays to stream inside. However, while
initial thoughts havenot come to fruition, the team are stillhedging bets on wh
at we can expectwhen the spacecraft smashes throughthe region and out into inter
stellarspace with the stream of particleslosing their way, choosing an alternate
route. Outside there is an interstellarcloud created by the explosion of massive
stars five to twenty millionyears ago, Stone tellsScientist of the spacecraft,Edw
ard Stone who divides hof charged particles that our Sun blowsaround our solar n
eighbourhood,called the heliosphere. Before reachingthis region, the particles b
ouncedaround in a haywire fashion, trappedwithin the Sun-made barrier. Voyager 1 c
ontinues to observe thespiral magnetic field from the Sun, says Project Scientist
of the spacecraft,Edward Stone who divides his time between the California Insti
tute of Technology and NASA s Jet PropulsionLaboratory. Since August 25 2012,that f
ield appears to be well connectedto interstellar space because all of the energe
tic ions from inside haveescaped and cosmic rays from outsidehave streamed insid
e. Stone reasonsthat since these solar field lines arewell connected to the outsi
de, theyare most likely to be the outermostlayer of the Sun s heliosphere wherethe
y can contain and connect to theinterstellar magnetic field.
Voyager 1 finds new magnetic regionat the edge of the Solar System
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
As Stone and his team were notexpecting such results, they havecome to expect t
he unexpectedfrom the spacecraft and whateverit encounters. We expected thatVoyag
er 1 would have to be outsidethe heliosphere in order to observethe peak intensi
ty of cosmic raysoutside, says Stone. Instead, Voyagerdiscovered a boundary layer
of solarmagnetic field that allows the cosmicrays to stream inside. However, while
initial thoughts havenot come to fruition, the team are stillhedging bets on wh
at we can expectwhen the spacecraft smashes throughthe region and out into inter
stellarspace with the stream of particleslosing their way, choosing an alternate
route. Outside there is an interstellarcloud created by the explosion of massive
stars five to twenty millionyears ago, Stone tellsis time between the California
Institute of Technology and NASA s Jet PropulsionLaboratory. Since August 25 2012,t
hat field appears to be well connectedto interstellar space because all of the e
nergetic ions from inside haveescaped and cosmic rays from outsidehave streamed
inside. Stone reasonsthat since these solar field lines arewell connected to the
outside, theyare most likely to be the outermostlayer of the Sun s heliosphere whe
rethey can contain and connect to theinterstellar magnetic field.
Voyager 1 finds new magnetic regionat the edge of the Solar System
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
As Stone and his team were notexpecting such results, they havecome to expect t
he unexpectedfrom the spacecraft and whateverit encounters. We expected thatVoyag

er 1 would have to be outsidethe heliosphere in order to observethe peak intensi

ty of cosmic raysoutside, says Stone. Instead, Voyagerdiscovered a boundary layer
of solarmagnetic field that allows the cosmicrays to stream inside. However, while
initial thoughts havenot come to fruition, the team are stillhedging bets on wh
at we can expectwhen the spacecraft smashes throughthe region and out into inter
stellarspace with the stream of particleslosing their way, choosing an alternate
route. Outside there is an interstellarcloud created by the explosion of massive
stars five to twenty millionyears ago, Stone tellsThe final leg of the journey be
forereaching interstellar space has beenhit by NASA s Voyager 1 spacecraft asit en
tered, what scientists believe, isa new region that separates the outerreaches o
f our Solar System from theunexplored cosmos.The area, which the Voyagerteam hav
e described as a magnetichighway for charged particles isthought to rest within ou
r SolarSystem, inside the bubble boundary
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. The galactic magnetic fieldhas been swept up by the cloud anddrapes over the ou
ter surface of theheliospheric bubble. Low frequencyradio waves (2 to 3 kilohert
z) aregenerated in local interstellar spaceand there are low speed cosmicrays th
at were accelerated by theexplosions of the supernovae.
of charged particles that our Sun blowsaround our solar neighbourhood,called the
heliosphere. Before reachingthis region, the particles bouncedaround in a haywi
re fashion, trappedwithin the Sun-made barrier. Voyager 1 continues to observe the
spiral magnetic field from the Sun, says Project Scientist of the spacecraft,Edwar
d Stone who divides his time between the California Institute of Technology and
NASA s Jet PropulsionLaboratory. Since August 25 2012,that field appears to be well
connectedto interstellar space because all of the energetic ions from inside ha
veescaped and cosmic rays from outsidehave streamed inside. Stone reasonsthat sin
ce these solar field lines arewell connected to the outside, theyare most likely
to be the outermostlayer of the Sun s heliosphere wherethey can contain and conne
ct to theinterstellar magnetic field.
Voyager 1 finds new magnetic regionat the edge of the Solar System
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
As Stone and his team were notexpecting such results, they havecome to expect t
he unexpectedfrom the spacecraft and whateverit encounters. We expected thatVoyag
er 1 would have to be outsidethe heliosphere in order to observethe peak intensi
ty of cosmic raysoutside, says Stone. Instead, Voyagerdiscovered a boundary layer
of solarmagnetic field that allows the cosmicrays to stream inside. However, while
initial thoughts havenot come to fruition, the team are stillhedging bets on wh
at we can expectwhen the spacecraft smashes throughthe region and out into inter
stellarspace with the stream of particleslosing their way, choosing an alternate
route. Outside there is an interstellarcloud created by the explosion of massive
stars five to twenty millionyears ago, Stone tells