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Not trying to troll, but how many times has Voyager left the solar system now? Do we even have a clear boundary of where the solar system ends?

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Do we even have a clear boundary of where the solar system ends?

From what I gather as a layman, the answer to this is no, which in turn answers why Voyager has "left" numerous times. From the bit I've read Voyager has already forced some rethinking on what the edges of the solar system look like, and it may very well cause a few more.


That's one of the things Voyager hopes to find out for us, I think.


There really needs to be one of those signs, y'know, "You are now leaving the Solar System - please drive carefully"




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