Heliosphere
The Heliosheath
The turbulent outer region of the heliosphere, between the termination shock and the heliopause, where the slowed solar wind piles up and is deflected by the interstellar medium. Both Voyager spacecraft spent years traversing it before reaching interstellar space.
Highlights
- ›The piled-up, deflected solar wind past the shock
The Sun, its layers & phenomena
Across solar physics
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Termination Shock
- Associated withThe Sun
- Associated withHeliosphere
- Associated withHeliopause
- Associated withThe Termination Shock
- Associated withVoyager 1
- Associated withVoyager 2
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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