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Voyager 2 Finds Lopsided Solar System Thursday, July 03, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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Hurtling through space 31 years after its launch, the Voyager 2 spacecraft has sent back the most detailed view yet of the shock wave that marks the thinning of the solar wind, the charged particles streaming from the sun. Researchers say the crossing confirms that the heliosphere—the region swept out by the solar wind—is actually lopsided, perhaps due to a tilted magnetic field in local interstellar space. (source: sciam.com)
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