The ring of water in a sink resembles the physics of the termination shock at the edge of the solar system.

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   Another memorable Ed Stone moment: I asked him to explain what happened as the Voyager probes passed into interstellar space.

   He ran to a sink and turned on the water. "Notice how a ring forms here?" he said. "That's just like the termination shock when you hit the interstellar stream."