Learning Section
IBEX Q & A
IBEX will explore the boundaries of our solar system. Learn more about the mission through questions and answers.
Did You Know...
About Our Solar System's Boundaries
See if you can test your knowledge about this subject or learn more by reading about it.
Mission News
-
Explaining the Ribbon in Space Discovered by IBEX
Using NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), scientists have devised the best model yet for the appearance of a vast ribbon of neutral atoms that curls through the boundaries of Earth's solar system.
-
IBEX Reveals Missing Boundary At Solar System Edge
Scientists compile data from IBEX, Voyager, and computer models to show that the heliosphere just isn't moving fast enough to create a bow shock.
-
Teamwork: IBEX and TWINS Observe a Solar Storm
On April 5, 2010, the sun spewed a two million-mile-per-hour stream of charged particles toward Earth; two NASA Heliophysics System Observatory Missions observed the storm from complementary viewpoints.
Press Releases
-
NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of Interstellar Matter
01.31.12 - NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has captured the best and most complete glimpse yet of what lies beyond the solar system.
-
NASA Hosts Briefing on New Observations of Interstellar Matter
01.26.12 - NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.
-
NASA Mission Shows Evolution Of Conditions At Edge Of Solar System
09.30.10 - New data from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft, reveal that conditions at the edge of our solar system may be much more dynamic than previously thought.
-
NASA Reschedules Teleconference On IBEX Spacecraft Findings
09.29.10 - NASA has rescheduled the media teleconference to discuss new information about the boundary of our solar system obtained from the agency's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft. The telecon now is set for noon EDT, on Thursday, Sept. 30.
-
NASA To Reveal New Data On Conditions At Edge Of Solar System
09.27.10 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, to discuss new information about the boundary of our solar system obtained from the agency's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft.