heliosphere
The Eerie Music of Interstellar Space
While it's true that there's no air to carry sound in space, starship explosions would be strangely silent and no…
Our Solar System Has a Tail Shaped Like a Four-Leaf Clover: New Findings from IBEX
Our Solar System is moving through interstellar space and scientists have long thought that the “bubble” around our Solar System…
Fly Along With Voyager
Far away, deep in the dark, near the edge of interstellar space, Voyager 1 and 2 are hurtling near the…
Winds of Change at the Edge of the Solar System
As the venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft hurtles ever outward, breaking through the very borders of our solar system at staggering…
Voyagers Find Giant Jacuzzi-like Bubbles at Edge of Solar System
[/caption] The barrier at the edge of our Solar System may not be the smooth shield that scientists once thought.…
Mysterious Ribbon at Edge of Solar System is Changing
A year ago, researchers from the IBEX mission – NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer – announced the discovery of an unexpected…
Cassini/IBEX Data Changes View of Heliosphere Shape
Though the Cassini mission has focused intently on scientific exploration of Saturn and its moons, data taken by the spacecraft…
Spacecraft Detects Mysterious “Ribbon” at Edge of Solar System
[/caption] Since it launched a year ago, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has been monitoring heliosphere and how our Sun…
What is Interplanetary Space?
[/caption] The region of space within our Solar System is called interplanetary space, also known as interplanetary medium. Most people are…