Artist's Concept of Heliosphere (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Artist's Concept of Heliosphere

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This is an artist's concept of the heliosphere, a magnetic bubble that partially protects the solar system from cosmic rays.

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Richard Mewaldt/Caltech

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