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Voyager has still not reached the furthest reaches of the solar system

7 December 2012
Astronomy

This story can be found in a variety of science sources (paper and online) – but see for example www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/6230/voyager-discovers-magnetic-highway-edge… … but see also www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2012/12/06/voyager-1-confirms-electric-heliosph…

The Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a 'magnetic highway' at the edge of the solar system. It seems the Sun's magnetic field lines are joined into an interstellar magetic field. However, Voyager is not yet beyond the influence of the Sun in spite of claims last year it was approaching the limit as the solar wind had died down.

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