Voyager 2 Shows Solar System Is "Dented" 173
Selikoff writes "NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has found that our solar system is not round but is 'dented' by the local interstellar magnetic field, space experts said on Monday. The data were gathered by the craft on its 30-year journey when it crossed into a region called the 'termination shock.' The data showed that the southern hemisphere of the solar system's heliosphere is being pushed in. Voyager 2 is the second spacecraft to enter this region of the solar system, behind Voyager 1, which reached the northern region of the heliosheath in December 2004."
Obviously (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I, for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Dented? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obviously (Score:1, Funny)
-God
It seems logical (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I, for one... (Score:5, Funny)
My bad (Score:3, Funny)
Re:human defined? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Halp! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Shape? (Score:3, Funny)
So what your saying is, out there in interstellar space is a giant space kitteh saying 'I has a shape, let me apply it to you'.
If it drops some giant space kitteh kibble while doing this, we are so screwed..
Re:Halp! (Score:4, Funny)
another ding in the solar system (Score:3, Funny)
Should have parked farther out, not close to any other solar systems. Probably won't even meet the deductible.
I have updated Wikipedia to reflect this (Score:2, Funny)
The Wikipedia entry for "Solar System" has a bunch of silly stuff about planets and moons and asteroids and other useless stuff, so I've deleted it all and replaced it with the much more informative: "not round, but Round-ish"
Re:I don't get it (Score:5, Funny)
King of All Cosmos went on a bender again... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Halp! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Halp! (Score:3, Funny)
The Truth (Score:3, Funny)
Well that's just great. (Score:2, Funny)
I should have check.... (Score:2, Funny)