NASA | Five Years of Great Discoveries for NASA's IBEX

The IBEX spacecraft, part of NASA's Heliophysics Fleet, explores the solar system's edge, creating images from particles instead of light. It has mapped the interactions at the solar system's boundary, revealing a dynamic region with a bright ribbon of energetic neutral atoms. IBEX also observes Earth's magnetosphere and the Moon, providing insights into solar wind interactions. It measures interstellar atoms, offering clues about the solar system's environment and the galactic wind. Recent findings suggest no bow shock in the heliosphere and a changing interstellar wind direction. IBEX continues to uncover new information about the solar system's boundaries and its interaction with the interstellar medium.

How does IBEX contribute to our understanding of the solar wind's interaction with the Moon?

What implications do the recent measurements by IBEX have on our understanding of the heliosphere?