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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is detecting a gradual slowdown in solar winds at the edge of the solar system, caused by interstellar atoms creating drag. The discovery reveals how the sun's influence diminishes as it transitions into interstellar space.
what's happening
·Solar winds decelerate progressively as they travel outward, with interstellar atoms contributing resistance
·New Horizons instruments measure the solar wind behavior at the solar system's boundary
·The slowdown mechanism explains previously observed wind speed changes near the heliopause
·Data from the spacecraft's position in deep space provides unique vantage point for solar wind analysis
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