Monday, September 23, 2013

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Out, and Away!

NYT

Voyager 1 Finally Leaves Solar System—for Real This Time: Scientific American

Voyager 1 Finally Leaves Solar System—for Real This Time: Scientific American:

"Voyager 1 was starting to get a reputation as the spacecraft that cried wolf, after scientists repeatedly claimed it was leaving the solar system, only to change their minds and say it wasn’t quite there yet. Now researchers say new evidence shows Voyager really has departed the sun’s sphere of influence and become the first man-made object to reach interstellar space."

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Monday, September 9, 2013