Ask the Naked Scientists 13.11.12 - Where Does the Solar System End?




Ask the Naked Scientists ENHANCED PODCAST show

Summary: Launched in 1977 to study the Solar system's gas giant planets, Voyager 1 is still operating. But now it's so far away that the Solar wind has weakened and a deluge of cosmic particles from intergalactic space is assailing it. Now interstellar space awaits. But where does the Solar system end and this new frontier begin?