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		ryanjshaw on Dec 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth But again, why is it a sudden cut-off and not a gradual one?

danbruc on Dec 15, 2023 [–]

Have look at your sink [1], it is called termination shock. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#/media/File:Helios...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#Termination_shock

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