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Will NASA's New Horizons encounter the termination shock by August 31, 2026?
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This market resolves to Yes if NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is publicly confirmed to have entered the termination shock, the heliospheric boundary where solar wind slows and interacts with interstellar wind, by August 31, 2026. Public confirmation must come from NASA, the Southwest Research Institute, or a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Rules
- Market closes at 8/31/2026.
- Logic weighted resolution applies.
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