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The solar system is encountering a bit of a bumpy ride as it travels through a gas cloud in the local interstellar medium

September 6, 2013 Ron Cowen

The solar system is encountering a bit of a bumpy ride as it travels through a gas cloud in the local interstellar medium.

Interstellar gas clouds; Credit: NASA/Goddard/Adler/University of Chicago/Wesleyan University
Interstellar gas clouds; Credit: NASA/Goddard/Adler/University of Chicago/Wesleyan University
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Science Writer

Ron Cowen

Award-winning science writer with a passionate interest in the intersection of popular culture and the physical sciences. Articles include features and news stories on the earliest known recorded sounds, an essay on Hubble Space Telescope photography and evidence suggesting the universe is a hologram.

Dubbed “the scoop machine,” by the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, Ron has been published in National Geographic, Nature, The New York Times, Science, Science News, Scientific American, and US News & World Report.

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