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NASA said that around our solar system is a wall of red-hot plasma that separates it from interstellar space. This was reported by the information publication Nerdist.
It turns out when the Voyager 2 research probe continued move beyond the solar system, its sensors recorded temperature, ranging from 49 to 427 degrees Celsius. Scientists report, despite such indicators with the probe so far everything is in order, however, this plasma barrier threatens its further interstellar mission.
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The image shows the interaction of heliopause with interstellar plasma.
Will Voyager 2 go beyond the solar system?
Plasma Barrier Detected by NASA Research Probe created by the solar wind, which comes from our star. Therefore, scientists concluded that Voyager 2 still has not come out in interstellar space rather stuck in transition where the temperature of the environment heated up to unexpectedly high values. Researchers do not yet know whether the temperature rises further and whether the Voyager 2 probe can to withstand.
Some researchers have suggested that the probe, most likely, it will not be possible to leave the boundaries of the solar system. Temperature fluctuations suggest that NASA is still only begins to enter this plasma barrier, and what awaits him next – it’s hard to guess. About the thickness of this barrier itself no data.
Detected wall from hot plasma may distort data on space
It may be that the plasma barrier distorts the data on outer space surrounding us and we have the wrong an idea of him – his physical properties, including distances to objects or even their sizes.
This situation suggests that humanity is still it is unknown what is outside the solar system and everything plans to colonize distant planets may be in jeopardy disruption. In any case, scientists will have to consider the data circumstances.
Andrey Vetrov
NASA Solar System
