Where does our solar system end, and interstellar space begin, and what is it like there? Satellites and probes like IBEX and Voyager 1 & 2 help us get a better look at our special corner of the galaxy.
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Sources:
http://ibex.swri.edu/mission/index.shtml
http://ibex.swri.edu/students/What_are_energetic_neutral.shtml
https://www.space.com/22797-voyager-1-interstellar-space-nasa-proof.html
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2015/07/22/how-many-stars-in-the-milky-way/
https://astrobites.org/2012/05/14/no-shocks-for-this-bow-ibex-says-were-wrong/
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/news/nobowshock.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20140823162722/http://www.astrobio.net/topic/solar-system/outer-solar-system/the-ever-changing-edge-of-the-solar-system/
https://astrobites.org/2012/02/10/solar-system-is-oxygen-rich-compared-to-surroundings/
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/news/ribbon-explained.html
https://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146350499/ibex-spacecraft-intercepts-alien-particles
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBEX_spacecraft.jpg
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia17046
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-ibex-observations-pin-down-interstellar-magnetic-field
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:72408main_ACD97-0036-1.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4087
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10332
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20131
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11382
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10906
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-1_pensacola_show.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10499
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voyager_1_entering_heliosheath_region.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10905
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10260
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/allsky_visuals.html
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