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Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape
The nose direction should have the shortest distance to the heliopause – the boundary between the heliosphere and the local interstellar medium. No probe has ever gotten a good look at the ...
NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind
The mission, called PUNCH, which stands for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, is a constellation of four suitcase-sized satellites that are set to blast off for a sun ...