heliosphere
Stellar Winds Coming From Other Stars Measured for the First Time
An international research team led by the University of Vienna has made a major breakthrough. In a study recently published…
Want to Leave the Solar System? Here’s a Route to Take
The edge of the Solar System is defined by the heliosphere and its heliopause. The heliopause marks the region where…
A 2022 Gamma Ray Burst Was So Powerful, it was Detected by Spacecraft Across the Solar System
Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most powerful explosions ever detected, emitting more radiation than the rest of their host…
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…