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Voyager 1 Drifts Into Unknown Region of Space

NASA calls it the 'magnetic highway'

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 3, 2012 7:44 PM CST

(Newser) – How to best learn about the edge of the solar system? Actually go there. NASA says its Voyager 1 spacecraft—which launched in 1977—has entered an area of the solar system that scientists didn't know about, the AP reports. "We do believe... Read full story »

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Voyager 1 Drifts Into Unknown Region of Space

NASA calls it the 'magnetic highway'

solar system • Voyager 1 • outer space • strange stuff

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