Voyages through the heliosphere

"A series of papers in Nature analyse recent observations from the outer limits of the solar system."

Video source:
nature.com/nature/videoarchive/voyager/

The six related papers can be found here:
nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7200/#lt

Video provided for nonprofit educational purposes only.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Heliosphere
• Voyager
• Solar
• System
• Wind
• Termination
• Shock
• Heliopause
• NASA
• Space

[SnookCowboy]

Why in the first time in recorded history has the Heliosphere gone away??? and what does that mean for Earth.

Thanks nice vid.

[infinit888]

"Why in the first time in recorded history has the Heliosphere gone away???"

It hasn't gone away. It's still there it's just that the voyager satelites, being on such a long journey, were able to traverse the heliosphere thereby arriving in interstellar space where the heliosphere and therefore its influence ends.

cont.

[infinit888]

Cont.

"and what does that mean for Earth."

Seeing that it's still there nothing will change. If there were fluctuations in the solar wind the Earth would be mostly unaffected due to its well-developed magnetic field which is able to deflect solar wind particles by the Lorentz force.

"Thanks nice vid."

You're welcome.

[bootsnfurrugs]

Very interesting video. Thanks for posting.

[infinit888]

Thanks for the good feedback. Glad you liked it.

[Kostos2222]

SHE USES LINUX

[VortexProducer]

BEST MOUSTACHE EVER!!!! 0:23

[willberb]

Way to go Lin Wang!