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Very cool, our solar system has an atmosphere, which seems obvious but isn’t discussed or taught at least when I was in high school.
by righthand 1y ago
Very cool, our solar system has an atmosphere, which seems obvious but isn’t discussed or taught at least when I was in high school.
- IAmBroom 1y agoBasically, the Oort cloud. Except for the high temps, which are the surprise.
- hotpocket777 1y agoWell, not a surprise. They predicted it before measuring it.
- righthand 1y agoFrom my understanding the wall is not the Oort cloud but instead the solar winds bouncing off the exterior winds more like how the Pacific and Atlantic oceans don’t mix.
- knappe 1y agoOne of my favorite quotes from one of my Astro professors is "Everything has an atmosphere, it is a matter of how tenuous". I think the article shows how relevant this still is today.
- pndy 1y agoYou may find this article on wikipedia interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere?useskin=vector