Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Outer boundary of the Heliosphere


This artist's concept shows how NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is bathed in solar wind from the southern hemisphere flowing northward. This phenomenon creates a layer just inside the outer boundary of the heliosphere, the giant bubble of solar ions surrounding the sun. Image released Nov. 29, 2012.
CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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