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Shape of Solar System
October 16, 2009 | NASA

“Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun’s influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing models.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


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