What's It Like at the Edge of the Solar System?

Where does our solar system end, and interstellar space begin, and what is it like there? Satellites and probes like IBEX and Voyager 1 & 2 help us get a better look at our special corner of the galaxy.

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Sources:

http://ibex.swri.edu/mission/index.shtml
http://ibex.swri.edu/students/What_are_energetic_neutral.shtml
https://www.space.com/22797-voyager-1-interstellar-space-nasa-proof.html
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/index.php/2015/07/22/how-many-stars-in-the-milky-way/
https://astrobites.org/2012/05/14/no-shocks-for-this-bow-ibex-says-were-wrong/
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/news/nobowshock.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20140823162722/http://www.astrobio.net/topic/solar-system/outer-solar-system/the-ever-changing-edge-of-the-solar-system/
https://astrobites.org/2012/02/10/solar-system-is-oxygen-rich-compared-to-surroundings/
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/news/ribbon-explained.html
https://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146350499/ibex-spacecraft-intercepts-alien-particles


Images:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBEX_spacecraft.jpg
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia17046
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-ibex-observations-pin-down-interstellar-magnetic-field
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:72408main_ACD97-0036-1.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4087
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10332
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20131
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11382
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10906
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-1_pensacola_show.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10499
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voyager_1_entering_heliosheath_region.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10905
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10260
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/allsky_visuals.html