1 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:19,460 sometimes a great discovery is a new 2 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:21,420 perspective on the universe we thought 3 00:00:28,609 --> 00:00:26,250 we knew as the Voyager spacecraft sneer 4 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:28,619 the edge of our sons reach scientists 5 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:30,660 are getting a new look at the expanse 6 00:00:37,790 --> 00:00:35,130 and shape of the solar system over 30 7 00:00:43,220 --> 00:00:37,800 years ago Voyager 1 and 2 set out for 8 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:43,230 Jupiter Saturn and beyond now's the twin 9 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:45,270 spacecrafts explore the outer reaches 10 00:00:50,029 --> 00:00:47,340 some 9 billion miles away from Earth 11 00:00:55,369 --> 00:00:50,039 they have crossed the heliosphere the 12 00:00:57,590 --> 00:00:55,379 bubble of supersonic solar wind however 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:00:57,600 when Voyager to cross this boundary much 14 00:01:01,580 --> 00:01:00,090 closer to the Sun than expected we 15 00:01:04,329 --> 00:01:01,590 received a picture of a squashed 16 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:04,339 heliosphere rather than a round bubble 17 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:06,630 the squashed heliosphere helps 18 00:01:11,149 --> 00:01:08,490 scientists build up a picture of how the 19 00:01:13,850 --> 00:01:11,159 Sun interacts with the space outside of 20 00:01:16,580 --> 00:01:13,860 our solar system the recently launched 21 00:01:18,499 --> 00:01:16,590 ibex or interstellar boundary Explorer 22 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:18,509 will further the study of how the solar 23 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:21,150 wind interacts with the cold gas between