Visualization of Heliosphere Shape (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Visualization of Heliosphere Shape

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An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun's bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research.

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Opher, et al.

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