This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...

A bow shock is a shockwave that forms when fast-moving solar wind abruptly slows down and heats up as it encounters Earth’s magnetosphere. It is called a bow shock because it resembles the wave ...

When the solar wind hits the magnetosphere, it slows down and transfers its energy into a shock wave. The region where this transfer happens is known as the bow shock and its leading area is ...