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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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
But scientists don’t really know what the heliosphere’s shape is. Models range in shape from spherical to cometlike to croissant-shaped. These predictions vary in size by hundreds to thousands ...
‘Voyager’s failing signals’: The urgent need for a new deep space probe
NASA’s Voyager probes are failing, creating an urgent need for a new deep-space mission. A proposed interstellar probe could ...
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PUNCH: A New Mission to Unravel the Secrets of the Sun
Currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the mission is awaiting launch on March 11, 2025 alongside another NASA mission, ...
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News on heliosphere
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 sun, is over a hundred times ...