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IBEX is a NASA mission that will for the first time take a picture of the edge of our solar system; an area way out beyond the orbits of the planets, way out beyond Pluto, where the solar system ...
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IBEX Q & A
IBEX will explore the boundaries of our solar system. Learn more about the mission through questions and answers.
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About Our Solar System's Boundaries
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Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission
IBEX Explores Galactic Frontier, Releases First-Ever All-Sky Map
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Animation above: This animation portrays how the entire sky is flattened to the 2-dimensional maps that IBEX presents. Credit: NASA GSFC
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 Way galaxy. The new view will change the way researchers view and study the interaction between our galaxy and sun.
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Animation above: This animation portrays how the entire sky is flattened to the 2-dimensional maps that IBEX presents. Credit: NASA GSFC
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 Way galaxy. The new view will change the way researchers view and study the interaction between our galaxy and sun.
> Read more
> IBEX NASA Science Update Page
> IBEX NASA Science Update Visuals
› IBEX Fact Sheet (690 Kb PDF)
› Watch IBEX Podcast
Mission News
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Solar Scientists Use 'Magnetic Mirror Effect' to Reproduce IBEX Observation
The magnetic field surrounding our solar system acts like a mirror for the particles that IBEX sees.
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IBEX Uses Particles to Shed Light on the Outer Solar System
For the first time, space physicists are building a comprehensive picture of the interactions taking place in the outer solar system—called the interstellar boundary—using particles detected by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX).
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Planetarium Show on Exploration of the Outer Solar System Opens in Chicago
A new NASA mission that explores the outer edges of our solar system is featured at the Adler Planetarium and Science Museum in Chicago.
IBEX Launch Control Center
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IBEX: A Global Imager Of Our Solar System’s Boundaries
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IBEX Multimedia
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