Heliosphere and Magnetic Field Lines (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Heliosphere and Magnetic Field Lines

Caption

The yellow shape in this figure is the heliopause, the boundary between the heliosphere and the local interstellar medium. The sun sits at the center of this large bubble, but is too small to be seen in this image. The gray lines are the solar magnetic field lines and the red lines are the interstellar magnetic field.

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Merav Opher

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