"At the time, we were trying to understand the Voyager data," Dr. Lunine said.

When the Voyager data were collected, it was springtime in the northern hemisphere.

Voyager data indicate peak easterly winds of 500 m/s (1800 km/h).

No atmosphere was revealed by the Voyager data.

The whole alarm about the big plasma storms that might be washing into the solar system, if the Voyager data were right?

These observations indicated the presence of a denser atmosphere than was inferred from Voyager 2 data.

Using a new computer model to analyze Voyager data, scientists found the sun's distant magnetic field is made up of bubbles approximately 100 million miles wide.

At the same time, other scientists examining Voyager data argued that the boundary still lay ahead, though perhaps not too far.

The team analyzed Voyager data and found other arresting clues.

Voyager data led to a new theory that the heliosheath has "magnetic bubbles" and a stagnation zone.