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First IBEX maps reveal fascinating interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system

Galactic magnetic fields may control the boundaries of our solar system

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, the initial mission to examine the global interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, suggest that the galac ...


UNH space scientists help catch the interstellar wind

Scientists Explore Galactic Frontier, Release First-Ever All-Sky Map (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky ...


New space show highlights IBEX spacecraft's mission of discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As part of its education and public outreach efforts, the story of NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission has been chronicled in a space show premiering this month at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. The show ...


Novel diamond-like films on board NASA satellite

Novel diamond-like films on board NASA satellite

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamond-like carbon films created at Sandia National Laboratories are helping probe the far boundaries of the solar system as part of a NASA mission to study how the sun's solar wind interacts ...


IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps ...


IBEX is in Orbit!

NASA launches probe to study edge of solar system (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday. IBEX will be the first spacecraft to image and map dynamic ...