New Horizons Spacecraft Sees Possible Hydrogen Wall at the End of the Solar System
Source: Gizmodo
As it speeds away from the Sun, the New Horizons mission may be approaching a “wall.”
The New Horizons spacecraft, now at a distance nearly four billion miles from Earth and already far beyond Pluto, has measured what appears to be a signature of the furthest reaches of the Sun’s energy—a wall of hydrogen. It nearly matches the same measurement made by the Voyager mission 30 years ago, and offers more information as to the furthest limits of our Sun’s reach.
“We assume there’s something extra out there, some extra source of brightness,” study author Randy Gladstone from the Southwest Research Institute told Gizmodo. “If we get a chance with New Horizons we can maybe image it.”
The Sun’s light sends charged particles outward, causing hydrogen particles in the space between planets to release characteristic ultraviolet light. But eventually, the Sun’s energy should wane, creating a boundary where interstellar hydrogen piles up at the edge of the outward pressure caused by the solar wind’s energy.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/new-horizons-spacecraft-sees-hydrogen-wall-at-the-end-o-1828258683
Have some science to distract and entertain you from our train wreck of a President.
= new reply since forum marked as read
is using the space force to suck defense spending into making such possible.
Much bigger amount of money to build ships, bases and to do real exploration.
Maybe one day it could become the federation of planets. 
STAY IN YOUR ASSIGNED AREA!!
Do not pass beyond the Great Wall!
I'll have a shot of tequila ... 
