What will Voyager 1 discover at the bow of the solar system?
Monday, July 15, 2013 - 05:00
in Astronomy & Space
As the Voyager 1 spacecraft approaches the very edges of our solar system, space scientists await to see if it will discover the solar system's 'bow shock'; a theorized pile up of gas, dust, and cosmic rays, which accumulate as the solar system moves though interstellar space.