This chapter summarizes the community’s basic understanding of the physics of the outer heliosphere, focusing on the influence exerted on the solar wind by the interstellar medium (Box 2.1). In ...

Most scientists thought it would be comet-shaped. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our solar system's protective bubble may not be ...

Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission has launched to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar wind, a ...

Created by the Sun, the heliosphere is a protective shield that encompasses the entire solar system in a bubble of the ionized gas magnetic field. Earth is protected from explosions of radiation by a ...

Astrophysicists have made a breakthrough discovery in our understanding of the cosmic forces that shape the heliosphere. A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists headquartered at Boston ...