Scientists isolate mysterious 'ribbon' of energy and particles that wraps around heliosphere
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
In a paper to be published in the April 10, 2011, issue of The Astrophysical Journal, scientists on NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, including lead author Nathan Schwadron and others from the University of New Hampshire, isolate and resolve the mysterious "ribbon" of energy and particles the spacecraft discovered in the heliosphere the huge bubble that surrounds our solar system and protects us from galactic cosmic rays.