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Heliosphere

First images of solar system's invisible frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 5

NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ...


The Stars My Destination

The Stars My Destination

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 2

The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space - the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.


'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier

'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the edge of our solar system in December 2004, the Voyager 1 spacecraft encountered something never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible ...





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An artist's concept of Voyager 1.

Computer simulation predicts Voyager 2 will reach major milestone in space in late 2007-early 2008

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (62) | comments 4

Using a computer model simulation, Haruichi Washimi, a physicist at UC Riverside, has predicted when the interplanetary spacecraft Voyager 2 will cross the “termination shock,” the spherical shell around the ...


New theory resolves mystery of anomalous cosmic rays

New physics theory resolves mystery of anomalous cosmic rays

Physics /

created Feb 17, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (37) | comments 0

When Voyager 1 finally crossed the "termination shock" at the edge of interstellar space in December 2004, space physicists anticipated the long-sought discovery of the source of anomalous cosmic rays. These ...


Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed

Voyager 2 proves solar system is squashed

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (123) | comments 2

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the ...


Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final Frontier

Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final Frontier

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created May 24, 2005 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system's final frontier. It is entering a vast, turbulent expanse, where the sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars. ...


In Search of Interstellar Dragon Fire

In Search of Interstellar Dragon Fire

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (28) | comments 0

Ancient explorers set sail expecting to encounter dragons on the world's unknown oceans. NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are searching for dragons of a different sort as they enter the boundary of our solar ...


Sinus infections may be a factor in toxic shock syndrome in children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rhinosinusitis (infection and inflammation in the sinus passages surrounding the nose) appears to be a primary factor in about one-fifth of toxic shock syndrome cases in children, according to a report in the June issue of ...


Sprint to pay $17.5 million to settle fee suit

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the fees it has charged customers who end their wireless contracts early are illegal.


Septic shock: Nitric oxide beneficial after all

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at VIB and Ghent University in Flanders, Belgium have found an unexpected ally for the treatment of septic shock, the major cause of death in intensive care units. By inducing the release of nitric oxide (NO) gas ...


Inappropriate sepsis therapy leads to fivefold reduction in survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Patients experiencing septic shock who receive inappropriate therapy may have a fivefold reduction in survival, shows a new study. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, retrospectively reviewed ...


A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator

A Super-Efficient Particle Accelerator

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

This image of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope shows a part of the roughly circular supernova remnant known as RCW 86.



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