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Stream of Charged Particles Have Shifted Within Milky Way [1]

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Submitted by Desert Gypsy on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 07:31

Space.com - Nola Taylor Redd, 9/6/13

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Shifting cosmic winds suggest that our solar system lives in a surprisingly complex and dynamic part of the Milky Way galaxy, a new study reports.

Scientists examining four decades' worth of data have discovered that the interstellar gas breezing through the solar system [2] has shifted in direction by 6 degrees, a finding that could affect how we view not only the entire galaxy but the sun itself.

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  • Astronomy [4]
  • milky way [5]
  • space [6]

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/stream-charged-particles-have-shifted-within-milky-way
[2] http://www.space.com/56-our-solar-system-facts-formation-and-discovery.html
[3] http://www.space.com/22661-interstellar-winds-milky-way-solar-system.html
[4] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/astronomy
[5] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/milky-way
[6] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/tags/space