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This is What the Solar System Really Looks Like – Universe Today
The helisphere is our shield against deadly cosmic rays from other solar systems. It looks like it has a much stranger shape than we could’ve imagined.
At first glance, it looks like something from an alien autopsy. A strange organ cut from a xenomorph’s thorax, under the flickering lights of an operating room in a top secret government facility, with venous tendrils dangling down to the floor, dripping viscous slime. (X-Com anyone?)
But no, it’s just our Solar System.
This strangely fascinating shape is actually a graphic representation of what our Solar System looks like, or rather the magnetic bubble that surrounds our Solar System. It’s …
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