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We're Heading to the Sun! SciShow News
On Aug. 12, 2018 the Parker Solar Probe started its journey to the sun and New Horizons is looking at a mysterious glow at the edge of the solar system.
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Voyager 2’s Notes from Interstellar Space | SciShow News
Voyager 2 is the second object to leave our solar system, which means we now have twice as much information about its edges! And scientists have found a record-breaking black hole.
SciShow
What's It Like at the Edge of the Solar System
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.
Astrum
Going Beyond the Edge of Our Solar System
The journey of Voyager I and II beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Curated Video
Solar wind
A stream of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, emitted from the Sun's outer atmosphere at up to 900 kilometres per second. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images...
Next Animation Studio
Voyager missions detect increase in density of space outside the solar system
The Voyager spacecraft have found that space is more dense outside the Solar System, according to research published in the journal Astrophysical Letters.
Next Animation Studio
Voyagers’ readings yield new clues about the solar system’s structure
Voyager 2 registered a sharper difference in magnetic particles and plasma density than expected upon crossing the heliopause.
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NASA
NASA | IBEX Spacecraft Observes Matter from Interstellar Space
A great magnetic bubble surrounds the solar system as it cruises through the galaxy. The sun pumps the inside of the bubble full of solar particles that stream out to the edge until they collide with the material that fills the...
NASA
NASA | IBEX | What are the Boundaries of our Solar System?
IBEX is a new NASA mission that will study the interaction between the solar wind and the material beyond our Solar System called the interstellar medium. The solar wind flowing out of the sun inflates a bubble that we call the...
NASA
11 Years Charting Edge of Solar System
Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie the hazy outlines of the magnetic bubble in space that we call home.
This is the heliosphere, the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun’s magnetic field and...
This is the heliosphere, the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun’s magnetic field and...
Next Animation Studio
Voyager 2 detects high temperatures and gaps in the heliopause sphere: NASA
NASA’s Voyager 2 reached the edge of the solar system in early November.
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Getty Images
Animation, starting with our Sun; zoom out through the solar system to reveal the Heliosphere and the Heliopause where Voyager I passed through in November 2003. Credit NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Animation, starting with our Sun; zoom out through the solar system to reveal the Heliosphere and the Heliopause where Voyager I passed through in November 2003. Credit NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Scale of Distance to Closest Stars
A scale of the Earth, the Sun, the Galaxy and universe. Also included is a scale of Earth to the closest stars. [8:18]