An artist's depiction of the heliosphere, the Sun's region of influence in space. Little is known of the actual shape of the heliosphere. NASA The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people ...

Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions. All the planets of our solar system are encased ...

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, ...

Voyager 1 and 2 have crossed the heliopause—revealing a super-hot “wall” of plasma near the edge of the Solar System, reaching ~50,000 K. In this video, we explain what the heliosphere is, why the ...

(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 ...

Editor's note: NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 a.m. for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions. Much as ...

Sarah A. Spitzer works as a research fellow for the University of Michigan department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. She receives funding from the the University of Michigan and from ...