
This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a bow shock around a very young star, LL Ori. The bow shock shows where the star's heliosphere collides with the interstellar medium. Our star, the Sun, is also surrounded by a heliosphere. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22914
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NASA ID
PIA22914
Date Created
December 10, 2018
Center
JPL
Media Type
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