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Surprises found at the solar system's edge








CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Voyager 2 spacecraft has detected an unexpectedly strong magnetic field at the boundary of the solar system and outer space.

The radiation was detected by the Plasma Science Instrument developed during the 1970's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and subsequently mounted on Voyager 2.

. The spacecraft is now nearly 8 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 35,000 miles per hour, researchers said. It is crossing the boundary known as the heliosheath, where the electrically charged particles of the solar wind interact with the thinner gas between the stars.

MIT scientists said the existence of a strong magnetic field at the heliosheath is a surprise, as was the finding that the temperature beyond the heliosheath is 10 times less than expected.

MIT scientists theorize the unexpected coolness is the result of energy being absorbed by particles so hot that their temperature cannot be measured by the MIT instrument.

[koebforfrn]

So is it some sort of subatomic deal? Like the Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces?

[FYvWldC0]

So is it some sort of subatomic deal? Like the Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces?

The movement of electrically charged particles. Remember that elements are comprised of negative and positive charges.

The Plasma Theory attempts to explain the ability for stars, and various other bodies to have the "twisted tails", where by the Gravitational Theory, they should not.

The Plasma concept explains the ability to have linear tails and fibrous components, and also dictates the possibility that the universe is actually an enormous "cloud" of charged particles.

That and Plasma Televisions might be falling out of black holes...Err wait...scratch that.

[tipokotap]

Man, I was just throwin out buzzwords to try to sound intelligent! Fuck!

[mpxricyNimb]

Man, I was just throwin out buzzwords to try to sound intelligent! Fuck!

I'm sorry....I get a little....Inspired when somebody shows even a little interest.

[DoniandaCoado]

I'm sorry....I get a little....Inspired when somebody shows even a little interest.

Nah man, I love space-related stuff. I actually got to teach my 12th grade history class on the space race when I told the teacher he was wrong and he asked if I thought I could do better

I took a 100-level college Astronomy class a couple years back. It was rough, but I loved it.