New Heliosphere Model (Unannotated illustration) (IMAGE)
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New data from NASA's Cassini, Voyager and Interstellar Boundary Explorer missions show that the heliosphere -- the bubble of the sun's magnetic influence that surrounds the inner solar system -- may be much more compact and rounded than previously thought. This illustration shows a compact model of the heliosphere, supported by this latest data. The main difference between this and previous models is the new model's lack of a trailing, comet-like tail on one side of the heliosphere.
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Dialynas, et al.
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