... be like a protective bubble encasing the solar system. However, it isn"t symmetrical around the Sun. The motion through interstellar gas compresses it at the front and drags it out into a tail at the back, much like a planetary magnetosphere. Recent data from the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes have shed new light on the subject. Since 1992, fifteen years after their launch for ... ...

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