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NASA Restores a Spacecraft by Turning it Off and Then On Again
When faced with a potentially mission-ending problem with NASA’s 15-year-old Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, engineers performed a time-honored procedure…
This is What the Solar System Really Looks Like
At first glance, it looks like something from an alien autopsy. A strange organ cut from a xenomorph's thorax, under…
The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought
Every second of every day, our sun spits out a stream of tiny high-energy particles, known as the solar wind.…
What Voyager 2 Learned After Spending a Year in Interstellar Space
Only two of humanity's spacecraft have left the Solar System: NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Voyager 1 left the…
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…