Alien Atoms: First Contact Made By NASA Satellite

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Channel: Live Science · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Using the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), NASA has sampled the galactic wind that has traveled from outside our solar system. Four types of atoms were found to be different from what we have in our Solar System.

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