About IBEX
- What is IBEX?
- Why is the IBEX mission important?
- How does IBEX study the boundary of the Solar System?
- How does IBEX collect data?
- How does IBEX create a map of the Solar System boundary?
- How did IBEX get into space?
- Where does IBEX orbit?
- How does IBEX communicate data?
- Where does IBEX get its power?
- How did the IBEX team work together to ensure a successful mission?
- What is the timeline for the IBEX mission?
- What is IBEX's future?
About IBEX's Results
- What do the first maps from IBEX show?
- Why are IBEX's results exciting?
- How does IBEX's data add to what we previously knew?
About the Boundary of the Solar System
- What defines the boundary of the Solar System?
- What is the interstellar medium?
- What happens when the solar wind and the interstellar medium collide?
- What is the bow shock or bow wave?
- What is the heliopause?
- What is the termination shock?
- What is outside the boundary of the Solar System?
- How does the Solar System boundary affect me?
- What are cosmic rays?
- How do cosmic rays affect DNA?
- What are energetic neutral atoms?
About the Sun
- What is the Sun made of?
- What is plasma?
- What is the solar wind?
- What is a magnetic field?
- How does the solar wind move?
- How does the Sun's magnetic field work?