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A Decade of Discovery: A Literature Review on the IBEX Ribbon and its Implications for the Heliosphere
Over a decade ago, a small NASA satellite, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), made a revolutionary discovery that fundamentally changed our understanding of the heliosphere, the protective bubble of solar wind that envelops our solar system. Rather than the smooth, predictable boundary scientists had modeled for years, IBEX’s first all-sky map revealed a startling and…