Bubble of Our Sun Influence

NASA/JPL/JHUAPL2009-11-20

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

New data from NASA Cassini spacecraft suggest that the shape of our solar system moving through the local Milky Way galaxy looks like a bubble -- or a rat -- traveling through a boa constrictor belly.

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Title: Bubble of Our Sun Influence
Creator: NASA/JPL/JHUAPL
Date Created: 2009-11-20
Rights: JPL

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