Superheated Plasma
Recently, in a landmark discovery, NASA’s Voyager 1 detected a superheated shell of plasma beyond Pluto—revealing a fiery boundary at the edge of the solar system.
What did Voyager 1 find?
- Voyager 1 detected a narrow shell of superheated plasma near the heliopause, far beyond Pluto.
- The plasma was recorded at temperatures between 30,000 and 50,000 Kelvin.
- This region marks where the Sun’s influence ends and interstellar space begins.
Why is it hot where there's no flame?
- Space has no oxygen, so nothing burns like a flame.
- The heat comes from the Sun’s solar wind crashing into interstellar gas.
- These high-speed collisions compress and ....
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