New Horizons Helps NASA Fill Gaps In Space Environment Data

When it comes to understanding the space environment of our solar system, our knowledge is divided between two extremes — we understand the influence of solar wind on the space around Earth, and on interstellar space, which the Voyager spacecraft is currently traversing. Now, data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto last July, is helping scientists finally fill this enormous gap in information, helping them understand what has hitherto been an entirely unexplored part of the solar system’s space environment.