Galactic magnetic fields may control boundaries of our solar system

Washington, October 17 (ANI): The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft suggests that galactic magnetic fields may control the boundaries of our solar system.  A "solar wind" of charged particles continuously travels at supersonic speeds away from the Sun in all directions.                  This solar wind inflates a giant bubble in interstellar space called...

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