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upyoars OP t1_is3uvf9 wrote

> Prior research has shown that, at the edges of the solar system, there is a point at which the solar wind slows to a speed at which sound can travel—it is called the termination shock. Prior research has also shown that there exists a point where the solar wind becomes incapable of pushing back against pressure exerted by interstellar space—it is called the heliopause. Both of the Voyager space probes have pushed through this boundary and into interstellar space. And as they did so, they sent back sensor data.

> By analyzing data from three sources, the researchers noted a sudden change in pressure exerted by the solar wind in 2014, and used the relatively short time scale of the event to study the shape of the heliopause and termination shock. When modeled, the researchers found that huge ripples were formed in the boundary areas. They also found major shifts in the distance to the heliopause, suggesting that its shape was not uniform and that it was continually changing for unknown reasons.

> The researchers hope to learn more about the boundary of the solar system using data sent back to Earth from a new probe set to launch in 2025—it will be capable of sending back measurements of neutral atom emissions with higher precision.

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FuturologyBot t1_is3yqma wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/upyoars:

> Prior research has shown that, at the edges of the solar system, there is a point at which the solar wind slows to a speed at which sound can travel—it is called the termination shock. Prior research has also shown that there exists a point where the solar wind becomes incapable of pushing back against pressure exerted by interstellar space—it is called the heliopause. Both of the Voyager space probes have pushed through this boundary and into interstellar space. And as they did so, they sent back sensor data.

> By analyzing data from three sources, the researchers noted a sudden change in pressure exerted by the solar wind in 2014, and used the relatively short time scale of the event to study the shape of the heliopause and termination shock. When modeled, the researchers found that huge ripples were formed in the boundary areas. They also found major shifts in the distance to the heliopause, suggesting that its shape was not uniform and that it was continually changing for unknown reasons.

> The researchers hope to learn more about the boundary of the solar system using data sent back to Earth from a new probe set to launch in 2025—it will be capable of sending back measurements of neutral atom emissions with higher precision.

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Noderly t1_is44vcb wrote

Too many people are going to misinterpret “structures” here to mean “galactic watch towers by aliens”

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CoreRipper t1_is46h0d wrote

Yeah, our solar system is located inside of a bubble (not the heliosphere) that is most likely left over from a supernovae billions of years ago.

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WomenTrucksAndJesus t1_is46sfa wrote

Replying to Noderly (#91,295)

It's the giant netting they have around Flat Earth. You know, the one that comes out of that turtle's, um, southern pole. The netting is there to simulate stars. The Lizard People put it there to trick us because, well, that's just what Lizard People do. Shirley you learned all about this in home school, didn't you?

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Orc_ t1_is4i83u wrote

The sun creates this "bubble" around our solar system basically.

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Blackadder_ t1_is4lghe wrote

Can someone explain the “pressure” that’s being referred?

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Jeffbear t1_is54uzn wrote

I interpret this to mean it's the leading edge of the suns solar winds pressing against the nothingness of interstellar space, and the pressure variations it causes.

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And by nothingness I mean all the other stuff of the universe. So the somethingness??

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Tyler_Zoro t1_is7qiyp wrote

Replying to CoreRipper (#91,350)

Fun fact: if we are in the middle of a reflection nebula, we wouldn't know. It'd be too dim and diffuse from inside to tell without lots of measurements from outside of our solar system.

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NotMimir t1_is7zvil wrote

Anyone else think of the end credits scene in men in black were the alien is playing marbles with galaxies 👉🏼👈🏼🥹

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