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Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape
The nose direction should have the shortest distance to the heliopause – the boundary between the heliosphere and the local interstellar medium. No probe has ever gotten a good look at the ...
Say, what are Voyager 1 and 2 doing about now?
Let’s check out the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission status webpage for Voyager 1 and 2. It’ll be fun. These two tiny ...
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NASA considering an interstellar probe to study the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the sun
The nose direction should have the shortest distance to the heliopause—the boundary between the heliosphere and the local interstellar medium. No probe has ever gotten a good look at the ...