Voyager 1 Discovers Bizarre and Baffling Region at Edge of Solar System

vienna · 06-27-13, 02:57 PM

Might be of interest to you:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...pected-region/

Voyager seems to be the most "bang for the buck" probe ever sent into space...

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Karle94 · 06-27-13, 03:32 PM

One day we will launch Voyager 6, and it will return as V´Ger.

Schroeder · 06-27-13, 03:36 PM

Interesting story.

AVGWarhawk · 06-27-13, 03:55 PM

Lonely, cold and far from home Voyager 1 is. This piece of technology from decades ago might surprise us yet.

Jimbuna · 06-27-13, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Lonely, cold and far from home Voyager 1 is. This piece of technology from decades ago might surprise us yet.

Could well do

HW3 · 06-27-13, 04:59 PM

Quote:

One day we will launch Voyager 6, and it will return as V´Ger.

V'Ger

vienna · 06-27-13, 05:30 PM

Some years ago, I had the opportunity to see an actual Mercury space capsule up close. I looked into the astronaut's cockpit and was surprised by how relatively primative the technology used at the time was compared with today. Granted, the Voyager was launched about a decade and a half after the first Mercury launches, but the techology was still "sticks and stones" compared to now. The continued operation of the Voyagers is a monument and tribute to the quality and genius of those early engineers and scientists...

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Wolferz · 06-28-13, 04:13 AM

"Warp speed Mr. Sulu."

Oh MY!
It's no surprise to me that the Voyager spacecraft have sent back new info that only raises more questions about the nature of our little corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
In my short time span I've already seen numerous science fiction concepts become science fact.
One of these days we'll see Gene Roddenberry's science fiction become science fact too.

That is if we can ever manage to see past our differences and work together to achieve it. Unfortunately I don't see this happening in my lifetime.

TarJak · 06-28-13, 05:32 AM

Great to see science being able to test its theories. Will be interesting to see what the future of this mission holds.

Sailor Steve · 06-28-13, 08:02 AM

Oh, "Region"! At first I thought the title said "Religion".

TarJak · 06-28-13, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Oh, "Region"! At first I thought the title said "Religion".

Now that would be an interesting find.

WernherVonTrapp · 06-29-13, 04:57 AM

Personally, I'm not the least bit surprised to read:

"Voyager 1 spacecraft recently entered a bizarre new region at the solar system’s edge that has physicists baffled. Their theories don’t predict anything like it."

"Scientists initially thought that Voyager’s transition into this new realm, where effects from the rest of the galaxy become more pronounced, would be gradual and unexciting. But it’s proven to be far more complicated than anything researchers had imagined, with the spacecraft now encountering a strange region that scientists are struggling to make sense of.

The models that have been thought to predict what should happen are all incorrect,” said physicist Stamatios Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who is lead author of one of three new papers on Voyager appearing in Science on June 27. “We essentially have absolutely no reliable roadmap of what to expect at this point.

For his part, Krimigis didn’t even want to speculate on what Voyager might encounter next because theorists’ models have so far not worked extremely well.
"I’m convinced that nature is far more imaginative than we are," he said."

AVGWarhawk · 06-29-13, 07:32 PM

I'm more surprised Voyager is still functioning. I can only image what it has passed and seen that was not transmitted back to earth. It is a micro-dot in the vastness of space. Insignificant can't begin to express how small Voyager is yet large enough to carry on after decades of travel. Simply astonishing if you think about it.

Karle94 · 06-30-13, 10:50 AM

It will still be able to transmit data back to Earth in 2025-2030.

vienna · 06-30-13, 05:20 PM

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It will still be able to transmit data back to Earth in 2025-2030.

Something to keep in mind when your mobile says "Service Unavailable"...

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06-27-13, 02:57 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Voyager 1 Discovers Bizarre and Baffling Region at Edge of Solar System Might be of interest to you: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...pected-region/ Voyager seems to be the most "bang for the buck" probe ever sent into space... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

06-27-13, 03:32 PM	#2
Karle94 The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norseland Posts: 1,355 Downloads: 253 Uploads: 0	One day we will launch Voyager 6, and it will return as V´Ger. __________________ Find my mods here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lzgciodldp58p/SH4_Mods My SH4 blog here: http://karle94.blogspot.com/

06-27-13, 03:36 PM	#3
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Interesting story. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

06-27-13, 03:55 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Lonely, cold and far from home Voyager 1 is. This piece of technology from decades ago might surprise us yet. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-27-13, 05:30 PM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Some years ago, I had the opportunity to see an actual Mercury space capsule up close. I looked into the astronaut's cockpit and was surprised by how relatively primative the technology used at the time was compared with today. Granted, the Voyager was launched about a decade and a half after the first Mercury launches, but the techology was still "sticks and stones" compared to now. The continued operation of the Voyagers is a monument and tribute to the quality and genius of those early engineers and scientists... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

06-28-13, 04:13 AM	#8
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	"Warp speed Mr. Sulu." Oh MY! It's no surprise to me that the Voyager spacecraft have sent back new info that only raises more questions about the nature of our little corner of the Milky Way galaxy. In my short time span I've already seen numerous science fiction concepts become science fact. One of these days we'll see Gene Roddenberry's science fiction become science fact too. That is if we can ever manage to see past our differences and work together to achieve it. Unfortunately I don't see this happening in my lifetime. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

06-28-13, 05:32 AM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Great to see science being able to test its theories. Will be interesting to see what the future of this mission holds.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh, "Region"! At first I thought the title said "Religion". __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Personally, I'm not the least bit surprised to read: "Voyager 1 spacecraft recently entered a bizarre new region at the solar system’s edge that has physicists baffled. Their theories don’t predict anything like it." "Scientists initially thought that Voyager’s transition into this new realm, where effects from the rest of the galaxy become more pronounced, would be gradual and unexciting. But it’s proven to be far more complicated than anything researchers had imagined, with the spacecraft now encountering a strange region that scientists are struggling to make sense of. The models that have been thought to predict what should happen are all incorrect,” said physicist Stamatios Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who is lead author of one of three new papers on Voyager appearing in Science on June 27. “We essentially have absolutely no reliable roadmap of what to expect at this point. For his part, Krimigis didn’t even want to speculate on what Voyager might encounter next because theorists’ models have so far not worked extremely well. "I’m convinced that nature is far more imaginative than we are," he said." __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

06-29-13, 07:32 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm more surprised Voyager is still functioning. I can only image what it has passed and seen that was not transmitted back to earth. It is a micro-dot in the vastness of space. Insignificant can't begin to express how small Voyager is yet large enough to carry on after decades of travel. Simply astonishing if you think about it. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-30-13, 10:50 AM	#14
Karle94 The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Norseland Posts: 1,355 Downloads: 253 Uploads: 0	It will still be able to transmit data back to Earth in 2025-2030. __________________ Find my mods here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lzgciodldp58p/SH4_Mods My SH4 blog here: http://karle94.blogspot.com/

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