Is this what the heliosphere looks like? New research suggests so (IMAGE)

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Is this what the heliosphere looks like? New research suggests so

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Is this what the heliosphere looks like? New research suggests so. The size and shape of the magnetic "force field" that protects our solar system from deadly cosmic rays has long been debated by astrophysicists.

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Image courtesy of Opher, et. al

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