Magnetic Bubbles At the Edge of the Solar System: News Conference on Thursday

Magnetic Bubbles At the Edge of the Solar System: News Conference on Thursday

NASA will hold a media teleconference on Thursday to discuss a new finding from the venerable Voyager spacecraft that continue to return data from the outer reaches of our solar system.

According to NASA, a new computer model shows “the edge of our solar system is not smooth, but filled with a turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles.”

The teleconference is at 1:00 pm EDT on Thursday, June 9, and features five scientists including Voyager project scientist and former JPL director Ed Stone. Listen at www.nasa.gov/newsaudio.

Voyager 1 and 2 were launched in 1977 to return data about the outer planets as they flew past. Both sent data about Jupiter and Saturn, and Voyager 2 also flew past Uranus and Neptune. Both spacecraft then headed out of the solar system on different paths. Since 1998, Voyager 1 has been the most distant emissary from planet Earth, passing an earlier probe, Pioneer 10.

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