RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAt The Edge Of Our Solar System, NASA's Voyager 1 Found A 'Wall Of Fire' - Jalopnikwww.jalopnik.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down129
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkAt The Edge Of Our Solar System, NASA's Voyager 1 Found A 'Wall Of Fire' - Jalopnikwww.jalopnik.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squarerecked_wralph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoFair. I’m still curious how it detects a single atom in the vacuum of space though
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoAs to the sensing mechanism specifically I am not sure other than that it has to do with detecting a differential in energy, but the sensor in question is the Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument.
Fair. I’m still curious how it detects a single atom in the vacuum of space though
As to the sensing mechanism specifically I am not sure other than that it has to do with detecting a differential in energy, but the sensor in question is the Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument.
Thanks!