Comments on: Space Probe Launched to Study the Surprising Drop in Solar Wind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:55:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Corbin B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-10548 Corbin B Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:43:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/#comment-10548 Would there be any way to create some sort of deflective mini-shield around the earth? Or is that a completely impossible thought? Would there be any way to create some sort of deflective mini-shield around the earth? Or is that a completely impossible thought?

]]> By: Me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-10503 Me Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:08:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/#comment-10503 Space is not empty. It is full of particles inside the voids. Dust for example. Dust is flying around everywhere. There are gigantic collections and then there are slight mists. The dust comes from star explosions, asteroid and planet collisions, and many other types of debris. However, air is not blowing it around. Dust is blown around from solar winds. Streams of particles leave the sun every second and are launched into space. These particles collide with whatever they contact which exchanges motion and moves the dust. These particles meet with other particles from the Galactic center or other stars in the area. They are all moving with their own momentum which may be slower or faster then the other. So when they collide it can be just like two ocean waves colliding. Space is not empty, never has been. Sometimes we here stories like this in middle school because it complicates the story. Just easier to say there is nothing there. Space is not empty. It is full of particles inside the voids. Dust for example. Dust is flying around everywhere. There are gigantic collections and then there are slight mists. The dust comes from star explosions, asteroid and planet collisions, and many other types of debris. However, air is not blowing it around. Dust is blown around from solar winds. Streams of particles leave the sun every second and are launched into space. These particles collide with whatever they contact which exchanges motion and moves the dust. These particles meet with other particles from the Galactic center or other stars in the area. They are all moving with their own momentum which may be slower or faster then the other. So when they collide it can be just like two ocean waves colliding. Space is not empty, never has been. Sometimes we here stories like this in middle school because it complicates the story. Just easier to say there is nothing there.

]]> By: Chad Christensen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-10484 Chad Christensen Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:06:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/space-probe-launched-to-study-the-surprising-drop-in-solar-wind/#comment-10484 Can someone please explain what is meant by "the solar wind slows down as it slams into interstellar space" when we are told that space is empty (except for dark matter)? Thank you-- Can someone please explain what is meant by “the solar wind slows down as it slams into interstellar space” when we are told that space is empty (except for dark matter)?

Thank you–

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