File:IBEX All Sky Map - Something Unexpected at the Edge of the Solar System (4016060901).jpg
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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky Way galaxy. The new view will change the way researchers view and study the interaction between our galaxy and sun. The sky map was produced with data that two detectors on the spacecraft collected during six months of observations. The detectors measured and counted particles scientists refer to as energetic neutral atoms. The energetic neutral atoms are created in an area of our solar system known as the interstellar boundary region. This region is where charged particles from the sun, called the solar wind, flow outward far beyond the orbits of the planets and collide with material between stars. The energetic neutral atoms travel inward toward the sun from interstellar space at velocities ranging from 100,000 mph to more than 2.4 million mph. This interstellar boundary emits no light that can be collected by conventional telescopes. Full story: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/allsky_map.html" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/allsky_map.html</a> Animation, detailed caption and color scale information: <a href="http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003600/a003635/" rel="nofollow">svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003600/a003635/</a> Credit: NASA/GSFC/SwRI/SVS |
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| Source | IBEX All Sky Map - Something Unexpected at the Edge of the Solar System |
| Author | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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