"Voyager flew out of the solar system, the data obtained, surprising people
"Voyager flies out of the solar system
With the continuous progress of the times, the continuous development of society and the continuous progress of people's technology, our standard of living has improved and the quality of life has been improved. Mankind's exploration of outer space has not stopped, and nowadays, with the rapid development of science and technology, we have made new progress in the world of outer space.
Back in the old days, people also like to study the celestial bodies, probably in ancient times there were not so many recreational activities, usually looking up at the sky, looking at the stars, looking at the moon, will feel more puzzled.
People for the exploration of outer space has also been progressing, in ancient times there were paper kites, nowadays we have manufactured aircraft, and spacecraft, a variety of detectors.
I have to say that today's technology is really developing better, and the detection of various things, but also let us feel shocked.
For the existence of aliens in this world, there is no other species of existence, people also feel more doubt, after all, in the vastness of the universe, we humans are relatively small.
"Voyager flew out of the solar system, the data obtained, people are surprised
We can feel the greatness of science and technology by watching some science fiction films, the power of technology, many novels have been conceived, such as in the future we will create a super speed of light ship, from our planet to all corners of the galaxy are no problem.
At that time, the entire vast galaxy is not a problem for us, and we can browse through it in ten minutes.
Of course, this is just a dream, so far the possibility of realization is also relatively low, but can not give up on this, I believe that with the continuous progress of science and technology, one day will unveil them.
In many years ago, there are two ships in flight, more than 40 years to reach the interstellar space, and from our planet is also getting farther and farther.
A researcher found that these two spaceships are much denser after the further away from us, they are the American Voyager 1 and 2.
I'm sure you've heard of this one name, and it shouldn't be very strange. In February 2021, these two spaceships are about 20 billion kilometers away from us.
He has left our planet and even left the solar system to reach the distant interstellar, which is also shocked the whole scientific community.
Do you have any understanding of the heliosphere? In fact, "heliosphere" probably means "solar wind high-energy particles" can easily reach the place.
As we all know, the sun is releasing some substances all the time, and we call these substances "solar wind", which will slowly form a region of charged particles, and this region is called "heliosphere".
At one end of the heliosphere is our familiar solar system, and the other end. At the other end is the center of the sun's orbit.
In our heliosphere there are many charged particles, but these charged particles are not evenly distributed, in the part close to the sun, the charged particles are a little more.
For the "heliosphere" outside, the existence of particles, people also feel more confused.
According to the researcher's discovery, there are particles outside the heliosphere, that is, we usually know the cosmic rays, but the density of outer empty particles is relatively low.
In 2012, the U.S. Voyager 1 flew out of the solar system and sent the latest data, which made people very surprised.
It proved that Voyager 1 had entered a space that it had not entered before, that is to say, interstellar space.
After entering interstellar space, the density suddenly increased, thus also proving that the more you fly outward, the greater the density will also be, this is the latest data, for researchers is also to provide a help for people to better study outer space.
And after the "Voyager 2" also came to a conclusion, when the spacecraft more to outer space, the density of matter also becomes more and more.
In the past, technology has not developed so mature, people do not know that there is such a conclusion, although there are many researchers have speculated on this, but there has been no theoretical results, such a conclusion is also a shock to the scientific community.
The magnetic field of the Milky Way and the heliosphere are pendulous, so the speed of the particles to the outermost layer of the heliosphere will be slower, and the particles are likely to remain in the outer layer of the heliosphere.
Conclusion.
Now technology is constantly progressing, the times are constantly developing, I believe that with people's intelligent minds, one day will be to explore the secrets of outer space to let us wait and see it.
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