
This artist concept shows how NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft is bathed in solar wind from the southern hemisphere flowing northward. This phenomenon creates a layer of giant bubble of solar ions just inside the outer boundary of the heliosphere.
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NASA ID
PIA16482
Date Created
December 3, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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