The Sun Magnetic Field
This frame from an animation shows how the magnetic field lines emanating from our sun spiral out into the solar system as the sun rotates. NASA Voyager 1 is in an area scientists are calling the stagnation region, at the outer layer of the heliosphere.
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NASA ID
PIA15179
Date Created
December 16, 2011
Center
JPL
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image
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