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Voyager 2 Reveals That The Solar System Is Shaped Like An Egg

July 3, 2008

Both spacecrafts, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have been sending data back to Earth for more than 30 years now.  Voyager 2 has revealed some amazing information, as it has found that th esolar system is actually shaped like an egg....Boston (dbTechno) - Both spacecrafts, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have been sending data back to Earth for more than 30 years now. Voyager 2 has revealed some amazing information, as it has found that the solar system is actually shaped like an egg.

The Voyager 2 continues its journey toward interstellar space, and has found send data back which has revealed to scientists that the solar system is actually shaped like an egg.

Both the Voyager 1 and the Voyager 2 have crossed the egd of the solar system, known as the termination shock.

At this location, the outbound solar wind hits with the inbound energetic particles from interstellar space.

The termination shock is around the entire solar system, holding it in something called a heliosphere.

What the information has revealed is that the heliosphere is egg-shaped. Voyager 2 reached the egde of the solar system 7 billion miles from the sun.

This is nearly 1 billion miles closer than Voyager 1, meaning that the heliosphere is squished at one end.

Since Voyager 1 has some issues after it went by Saturn, Voyager 2 is providing the first view into what happens at the termination shock.

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