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Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/44304165-1d6d-4ad9-a18c-8d76a6863e10/5300B004-82AC-4CAB-9D4F-934FDD489105/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/14jan_northpole.htm" href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/14jan_northpole.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">science.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/14jan_northpole.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/D5B193D8-55A4-4039-84C7-2D871AC2B301" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html">Data from the Ulysses spacecraft</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html">show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Images/visSolarWind.jpg" href="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Images/visSolarWind.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gedds.alaska.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Images/visSolarWind.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.gedds.alaska.edu/img/447B7019-0B67-43FE-BF15-F829D6269937" alt="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Images/visSolarWind.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html"><BR /><DIV> "The sun's million mile-per-hour solar wind inflates a protective bubble, or heliosphere, around the solar system.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html">It influences how things work here on Earth and even out at the boundary of our solar system where it meets the galaxy</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect20/54384main_HeliosphereDiagram.jpg" href="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect20/54384main_HeliosphereDiagram.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fas.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect20/54384main_HeliosphereDiagram.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fas.org/img/CDDB237C-BE8F-4F82-A2BB-6211F52561E5" alt="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect20/54384main_HeliosphereDiagram.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html">The solar wind interacts with every planet in our solar system. It also defines the border between our solar system and interstellar space. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliosph.gif" href="http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliosph.gif" style="font-size: 11px;">helios.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliosph.gif"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/E6307F3D-157D-446E-88B7-E9CE789959C1" alt="http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliosph.gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/sep/HQ_08241_Ulysses.html"> This border, called the heliopause, surrounds our solar system where the solar wind's strength is no longer great enough to push back the wind of other stars. The region around the heliopause also acts as a shield for our solar system, warding off a significant portion of the cosmic rays outside the galaxy.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ulysses-reveals-global-solar-wind/story.aspx?guid=%7B7585558D-E165-42EE-A5D5-174A30A512A8%7D&dist=hppr" href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ulysses-reveals-global-solar-wind/story.aspx?guid=%7B7585558D-E165-42EE-A5D5-174A30A512A8%7D&dist=hppr" style="font-size: 11px;">www.marketwatch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ulysses-reveals-global-solar-wind/story.aspx?guid=%7B7585558D-E165-42EE-A5D5-174A30A512A8%7D&dist=hppr">Cosmic rays are linked to engineering decisions for unmanned interplanetary spacecraft and exposure limits for astronauts traveling beyond low-Earth orbit.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html" href="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spaceweather.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.spaceweather.com/img/2E6CC811-7910-4B5A-AEAD-DA86BBE70461" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html">Sun's magnetic field</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5300B004-82AC-4CAB-9D4F-934FDD489105/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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