Is this what the heliosphere looks like? BU-led research suggests so. (IMAGE)

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Is this what the heliosphere looks like? BU-led research suggests so.

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The size and shape of the magnetic “force field” that protects our solar system from deadly cosmic rays has long been debated by astrophysicists.

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Merav Opher, et. al

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