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Voyager Probes Nearing Termination Shock

Posted by Hemos on from the way-way-out-there dept.

Mr. Eradicator writes "The Voyager probes are continuing their journey away from the Solar System at a pace of 10 AU per year. They won't reach the heliopause until 2017, but they could arrive at a preliminary boundary called the termination shock as early as 2005. The termination shock, nearly 4 billion miles inside the heliopause, is where the solar wind first starts to slow down and reverse due to its first encounters with pressure from interstellar space."

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  1. When do they encounter the Borg? by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 3
    ... and get turned into Nomad -- er, I mean V'ger?

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