A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...

It is easy to think of our solar neighborhood as a tight little cluster of planets, but the reality is far more expansive. Beyond Neptune, a crowd of frozen bits and pieces lingers in the Kuiper Belt, ...

Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey hundreds of millions of galaxies and "their combined cosmic glow" to give ...

The PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites will observe the Sun and its environment to help scientists better understand the effect of solar winds on our solar system. The ...

Four spacecraft comprise the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission, otherwise known as PUNCH. The goal of the two NASA missions will be to create a three-dimensional map of more ...

The experts propose that the Solar System’s passage through this zone could have briefly compressed the heliosphere – the protective bubble surrounding our planetary system – and delivered a greater ...

The fact that the Voyager spacecraft are the only two human-made objects to make it to interstellar space means that the data they collect is unique. Thus, the decision to switch off any ...

The PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission consists of four small satellites that will observe the Sun and map out the region where the Sun's corona transitions to solar wind.

PUNCH, the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, is a solar dynamics mission that consists of a small constellation of four satellites. The quartet will study things like coronal mass ...

It has also shown how some particles can leak out of the heliosphere into interstellar space. As Voyager 2 continues its journey into interstellar space, the LECP will tell us more about the ...

The remaining instruments have continued operating far beyond expectations, helping scientists study the heliosphere and interstellar space. The instruments that remained powered on well beyond the ...