NASA | Top Solar Discoveries: #2

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A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.

Number 2 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of the 'squashed' heliosphere when Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the bubble of solar wind at different distances from the sun. This led to a change in the way we see the shape of our heliosphere.

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[GeminiAzules]

Is there a #1? it didnt come up in search.

[NASAexplorer]

There is now...it just finished processing. Check out our main channel page to find it. Thanks!

[KasparHauser4]

May we NEVER stop seeking knowledge!

[marsCubed]

Distance from the Earth.

Voyager 1

16,094,000,000 Km.

Voyager 2

12,943,000,000 Km.

not 100% sure of the accuracy, the figures are for 2008 (i think)

[wiseyeffect]

We are entering the,"local fluff", it's a cloud of mainly ionized hydrogen. All planetary changes are from this interaction with our heliosphere,even globalwarming. With holes developing in our magnetosphere,I wonder if a mass amount of the cloud could entered our oxygenated atmosphere and produce mass amount of water?

[javonoUTube]

@javonoUTube "December 23, 2009: The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery. "

[Chompchompyerded]

Vyger!

[javonoUTube]

There is no Oort cloud, we are travelling through billions of little pieces of dust, and our solar system is like a boat pushing its way through an ocean of asteroids. If there is cold gas between the stars, then we can nuke it!

[fastlane59]

well magnet by you nick I can tell thta you are in the right track

I done an investigation on magnet fieds and seen to me thta is the way to go,, I discovery a way to fix a lot of the problems we faceing in our days but it needs a large amount of funds to create a proptotype wish can be considered by others...my theory is ver simple as all the good ideas of our time... but this us certally not a way to discust it...take care

[MAGNETGRUNT]

How? I was thinking that since the cosmos and the Earth were connected that one might help explain the other.

[zaneyboy10]

truly amazing!

[therock27374]

I wonder just how far both of them are now...Its been almost 30 years since the first one left...