IBEX Observes Changes in Heliopause Emission

  • Released Thursday, September 30, 2010
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The camera view moves from the heliosphere 'nose', the apparent direction of the heliopause relative to the interstellar wind, towards the 'knot'. The 'knot' represents a direction of high emission of neutral atoms which has changed significantly in the six months since the first IBEX map.

We fade-in an artistic conception of the 'knot', which untangles during the six months as we fade to the second IBEX map.

The movie pans from the direction of the heliospheric 'nose' to the location of the 'knot'.

The opening view of the animation looks towards the heliosphere 'nose'.

The opening view of the animation looks towards the heliosphere 'nose'.

The view pans up to the enhancement in neutral atom flux known as the 'knot'.

The view pans up to the enhancement in neutral atom flux known as the 'knot'.

An artist conception of the 'knot' fades in.

An artist conception of the 'knot' fades in.

As the neutral atom emission fades, the 'knot' has unraveled.

As the neutral atom emission fades, the 'knot' has unraveled.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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