The boundary of the Solar System remains somewhat poorly understood. We know we are within it, in a region of space called the heliosphere, where particles released by the Sun dominate. Beyond it, the ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is being launched later this month to study the outer reaches of the heliosphere which defines where our solar system ends and interstellar space ...

A landmark NASA mission led by Princeton researchers will launch a rocket on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., sending a probe towards the sun to study the heliosphere, ...

Three NASA missions are set to launch on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to study the Sun's influence. The primary mission, IMAP, will travel one million miles from Earth to study the heliosphere and ...

MORNING’S LAUNCH. IMAP IS GOING TO STUDY THE HELIOSPHERE. THE STUDY, HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM OUTSIDE, AND GIVE US ALL KINDS OF GREAT INSIGHTS INTO HOW IT IT’S AFFECTED BY SOLAR ...

NASA is preparing to map the boundary where the solar wind meets interstellar space in its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, set for launch sometime after September of this year. NASA ...

Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has begun its two-year primary mission to explore and map the boundaries of the protective bubble called the heliosphere ...

A NASA probe has started its mission to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun, the space agency announced on Monday. The space ...

A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will track invisible particles ...