SpaceGizmodoabout 2 hours ago
New Horizons Data Reveals Interstellar Slowdown at Solar System Edge
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A new study in The Astrophysical Journal used NASA's New Horizons data to find that interstellar atoms accumulating in the outer heliosphere slow supersonic solar wind before termination shock. The gradual deceleration comes from ionized interstellar material. Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the heliosphere boundary in 2012 and 2018.
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