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

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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06-28-13, 08:02 AM	#1
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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

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 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

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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/