NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX mission, has helped researchers learn something new about the heliosphere – the magnetic bubble created by the Sun that we live in. It turns out, the heliosphere has ripples! These ripples also change – likely due to influences from the Sun itself. T

1000 AU makes a fine target for our next push past the heliosphere, keeping in mind that good science is to be had all along the way. Thus if we took 100 years to get to 1000 AU (and at Voyager speeds it would be a lot longer than that), we would still be gathering

Interstellar space may seem like unbroken nothingness, but thanks partly to the Voyager probes, we're getting many new insights into this region's exotic chemistry, strange waves and vast bubbles

"The heliosphere is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth."

The sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the sun to the Earth.

From space weather to science missions, there's a lot to be excited about in heliophysics this year.

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The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. Engineers working on NASA's Voyager 1 probe have successfully mitigated an issue with the spacecraft's thrusters, which keep the distant explorer pointed at Earth so that it can receive commands, send […]

The updated plan for the New Horizons mission includes probing the heliosphere.

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to share information about the agency's upcoming PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the

Corrupted memory hardware is causing the mission to transmit gibberish, but there may be a way to fix it

Technicians supporting NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft's solar arrays at the

No probe has ever gotten a good look at the heliosphere from the outside or properly sampled the local interstellar medium.

The heliosphere is the gateway to interstellar space, and it's a very weird place that we're just beginning to understand.

The heliosphere—made of solar wind, solar transients, and the interplanetary magnetic field—acts as our solar system's personal shield, protecting the planets from galactic cosmic rays. These extremely energetic particles accelerated outwards from events like supernovas and would cause a huge amount of damage if the heliosphere did not mostly absorb them.

Cold, dense clouds in the interstellar medium of our Milky Way Galaxy are around four-five orders of magnitude denser than their diffuse counterparts.

Known for his steady leadership, consensus building, and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science, Stone left a deep impact on the space community.

Launched in 1977, the 46-year-old space mission was the first to cross the heliosphere. But its aging computers could finally spell its end.

The 46-year-old spacecraft has been glitching, but the historic mission may be on its way to being saved