Heliophysics - Magnetosphere Topics
Voyager Makes an Interstellar Discovery
2009 — April 6, 2011
The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that Physicssays should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.
Sugar in Space
2000 — April 6, 2011
Scientists have found a molecular cousin to table sugar in an interstellar molecular cloud. The discovery of this molecule in a cloud where new stars are forming means it is increasingly likely that chemical precursors to life are present in such clouds long before planets develop around the stars.
Interstellar Dust in the Wind
2000 — April 6, 2011
Like an excited kid hoping to snag a fly ball at a professional baseball game, NASA's Stardust spacecraft has extended its high-tech "catcher's mitt" to collect a valuable space souvenir -- a batch of interstellar dust particles.
Shields Up!
2004 — April 6, 2011
A stream of interstellar helium atoms almost as hot as the surface of the Sun is blowing through the solar system.
A Breeze from the Stars
2004 — April 6, 2011
This week the Sun is in the 13th house of the zodiac, and that means Earth is getting hit by a strange breeze from beyond the solar system.