Scientists are utilizing solar wind forecasting methods, combined with analytic and numerical models, to predict the dynamic plasma boundaries of the outer heliosphere. This research specifically aims to determine when the New Horizons spacecraft will intersect the termination shock.
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Forecasting the Heliosphere's Boundaries

SwRI scientists use solar wind forecasting to predict when the New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shock into interstellar space.