The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble

The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble

The Sun moves through the interstellar medium (ISM) at a velocity of ∼19 pc Myr ^−1 , making the conditions outside the solar system vary with time over millions of years. Today’s solar system is protected from interstellar particles by the heliosphere, the bubble formed by the solar wind as the Sun...

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Main Authors: Merav Opher, Abraham Loeb, Catherine Zucker, Alyssa Goodman, Ralf Konietzka, Alexandra Z. Worden, Evan P. Economo, Jesse A. Miller, João Alves, Jonathan Grone, Marc Kornbleuth, J. E. G. Peek, Michael M. Foley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Solar wind
Heliopause
Astrospheres
Interstellar medium
Magnetohydrodynamics
Interstellar medium wind
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad596e

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad596e

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