Posted on 02/13/2014 9:00:18 PM PST by 12th_Monkey
A strange ribbon of energy and particles at the edge of the solar system first spotted by a NASA spacecraft appears to serve as a sort of "roadmap in the sky" for the interstellar magnetic field, scientists say.
By comparing ground-based studies and in-space observations of solar system's mysterious energy ribbon, which was first discovered by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) in 2009, scientists are learning more details about the conditions at the solar system's edge. The study also sheds light into the sun's environment protects the solar system from high-energy cosmic rays.
The ribbon is roughly perpendicular to the interstellar magnetic field while cosmic rays stream, on average, along the interstellar magnetic field. (The particles themselves are created from interactions between the solar wind and interstellar matter.)
In the longer term, Schwadron said work like this will help scientists better understand more about the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. This is a region that only one mission — NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft — has reached so far, and scientists know little about what that environment is like.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Wham!
No disagreement ... Have always been fascinated by space.
Just teasing you, FRiend.
I, too, have been fascinated by what is “Out There.” There is so much cool stuff be it in deep space or in our own little neighbourhood.
yet we still don’t know what is the natural law and order of the universe ... we have only theories and a few isolated instances where we think we may have a natural law.
I said to myself as I clicked on this thread, “Someone will have already posted an image of the energy ribbon from Star Trek”
When you get right down to it, they were hard core storm chasers. Basically, it was Twsiter in space.
Thought you might be teasing but I know I know nothing ... I came to that conclusion long ago ... that I knew nothing about the universe. Too much is theory only to form a rational conclusion based on accuracy.
Indeed. We are still learning about what is, basically, our own front porch. In the last few years we have learned more about our own Moon and that is a mere quarter of a million miles a way.
This place (the universe) is fascinating. Time can be based on the place or not the place occupied. Time may overlap with another time in another place or it may not. Our questions are presently be entertained by probes for we cannot go there based on time or no time. I become lost when looking in my own backyard ... LOL.
My distillation of Star Trek: Generations
When you get right down to it, they were hard core storm chasers. Basically, it was Twsiter in space.
“I’ve wondered for years ... Do we live on the third electron of a fluoride atom?”
If such is the question, what is the valence of the third electron? If you do not know the answer, do not reply.
However I did enjoy your post.
Dude, I thought you knew... it's 42.
Does anybody really know what time it is?
When my boss once questioned me as to why I was late for work I used that very same explanation......It didn't work.
anything is possible
Nope time to turn the TV off, your mom “needs” me.
Bookmark for later reading.
I find your thought interesting and although I do not know the answer to your thought ... I’ll explain why I do not know with this link ... http://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/444/can-an-atom-have-more-than-8-valence-electrons-if-not-why-is-8-the-limit ... Great question btw!
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