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Decades-Long Changes of the Interstellar Wind Through Our Solar System

McComas, D. J.; Frisch, P. C.; Schwadron, N. A. +8 more

The journey of the Sun through the dynamically active local interstellar medium creates an evolving heliosphere environment. This motion drives a wind of interstellar material through the heliosphere that has been measured with Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft for 40 years. Recent results obtained by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explor…