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Sun Sends More 'tsunami Waves' to Voyager 1


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Voyager 1 spacecraft

This artist's concept shows the Voyager 1 spacecraft entering the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by plasma, ionized gas (illustrated here as brownish haze), that was thrown off by giant stars millions of years ago.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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