NASA satellite to map the fringe of the solar system in 2008

NASA plans to launch a satellite in 2008 that will make the first map of the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space, the agency announced Jan. 27. The $134 million Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission was competitively chosen for launch under NASA's Small Explorer program...

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