Episode 712
Voyager 2: leaving the Solar System
What did the second man-made object to leave the solar system detect as it entered intergalactic space...
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
November 15, 20194m 36s
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Show Notes
In recent months the satellite Voyager 2, launched in 1977, became the second man-made object to escape from our Solar System and begin its journey into interstellar space. We know it's done that because it's crossed the heliopause, a bubble made by particles, called a plasma, that stream off the Sun and surround our Solar system. To learn more about this Adam Murphy spoke to Du Toit Strauss from North West University in South Africa... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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voyager 2heliopausesolar systemintergalactic space