Top 5 Sun Discoveries: #2 The Heliosphere


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When the Voyager II spacecraft crossed the heliosphere, NASA got a new perspective when a picture showed a 'squashed' heliosphere instead of a round one. The recently launched IBEX is studying the ways that the sun effects the space outside of our solar system.

Credit: NASA

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