Summary: <p>One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA's Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in history to leave the heliosphere — the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by our Sun. At a distance of about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth — well beyond the orbit of Pluto — Voyager 2 had entered interstellar space, or the region between stars. Today, five new research papers in the journal Nature Astronomy describe what scientists observed during and since Voyager 2's historic crossing.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible:</p> <p>https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH</p> <p><br></p> <p>Become a member of Space News Pod!</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://anchor.fm/space-news</p> <p>https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast</p> <p>https://youtube.com/spacenewspod</p> <p>https://twitch.tv/astrowil</p> <p>https://spacenewspodcast.com</p> <p>https://twitter.com/spacenewspod</p> <p>https://facebook.com/spacenewspod</p> <p>https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/space-news/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/space-news/support</a>
