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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 Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the ...
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How Hot Is the Sun? Our Solar System's Fiery Star, Explained
Discover the Sun’s incredible heat, its layers, and what fuels it. Explore ExtremeTech’s in-depth article and get closer to ...
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News on heliosphere
The sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the ...
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The galactic journey of our solar system
This journey through a dense region of space could have compressed the heliosphere ... doctoral student at the University of Vienna. "Our Sun encountered a region of higher gas density as it ...
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2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this weekend to help map the cosmos
they're built to create 3D views of the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, as it turns into the solar wind that fills up our cosmic neighborhood's enormous bubble, known as the heliosphere.
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China to send a spacecraft out of the ecliptic to study the Sun’s poles
contributing to a comprehensive understanding of solar activity and its effects on the heliosphere. The solar polar observatory will not be China’s first mission dedicated to studying the Sun.