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NASA says edge of solar system is full of magnetic bubbles
William Atkins
Tuesday, 07 June 2011 22:19
The U.S. space agency NASA will announce on Thursday, June 9, 2011, that the edge of our Solar System is not smooth as once thought but, instead, is a 'turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles.'
During the meeting NASA scientists will describe a new computer model that describes the edge of our Solar System.
Based on the Voyager spacecraft (Voyager 1 and Voyager 2), this data as processed by the computer model shows that the edge of the Solar System is a 'turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles' and not smooth as astronomers once thought.
NASA states, ''¦ we need to revise our picture of this previously unexplored region so critical for understanding how cosmic rays are created and reach near-Earth space.' [NASA: 'NASA Holds Teleconference About Conditions At Edge Of Solar System']
These galactic cosmic rays, which are high-energy charged particles of protons, electrons, and fully ionized nuclei of light elements, originate within our Milky Way galaxy.
They are a source of problem, a radiation hazard, for astronauts traveling on interplanetary flights, such as to the planet Mars.
More news about this story will appear on the NASA website "Sun-Earth".
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