1. Heliosphere and Heliopause
These charged particles of solar wind envelop our solar system in a magnetic bubble extending far out into interstellar space. ... The motion through interstellar gas compresses it at the front and drags it out into a tail at the back, much like a planetary magnetosphere. ... When the supersonic solar wind impacts interstellar gas, it slows down significantly. The solar wind is brought to a halt when the pressure of its outward flow is matched by that exerted by the local interstellar medium (LISM), which is composed of interstellar wind, or the atoms and other particles blasted from explos...
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