IBEX Maps the Boundaries

 

Since its October 2008 launch, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has mapped the invisible interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system. The images reveal that the interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space are surprisingly structured and intense... 

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