NASA to Discuss Discoveries of Material from Beyond Solar System on Tuesday
SPACE.com Staff
Date: 27 January 2012 Time: 07:00 AM ET
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| Artist's impression of NASA's IBEX spacecraft exploring the edge of our solar system. CREDIT: NASA/GSFC |
Scientists will announce new findings about material from beyond the solar system at a NASA press conference next Tuesday (Jan. 31).
The researchers will also discuss discoveries about the boundary region that separates our solar system from interstellar space and protects us from fast-moving particles called galactic cosmic rays, researchers said.
The results were obtained after analyzing data gathered by NASA'sInterstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, which is studying the edge of the solar system from an orbit about 200,000 miles (322,000 kilometers) above Earth.
The briefing will take place at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) Tuesday at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The participants are
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