A NASA mission is underway to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun.

A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

From left to right, this graphic illustrates how NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...

The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, ...

When NASA’s twin Voyager probes left Earth in 1977, they carried computers weaker than a hand calculator and a modest goal of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's depiction of the heliosphere, the Sun's region of influence in space. Little is known of the actual shape of the ...

Earth and the planets in the solar system sit within the heliosphere, a giant bubble formed by the charged particles, like protons, electrons, and alpha particles called the Solar Wind that emanate ...

Physicists have revealed a refined new model of the heliosphere—the vast region around the Sun extending more than twice as far as Pluto—that depicts it as a crescent-shaped magnetic force-field ...

(CNN) — Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission has launched to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar ...