Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape Of Solar System

Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2009 -
Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun’s influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing models. In a paper published Oct. 15 in Science Express, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory present a new view of the heliosphere, and the forces that shape it.

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