Voyager 1 Cruising on a 'Magnetic Highway'
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a new region on the outskirts of our solar system that appears to be a magnetic highway for charged particles. Scientists believe this is the final region Voyager has to cross before reaching interstellar space, or the space between stars.