Cassini, Voyager missions suggest new picture of Sun`s interaction with galaxy
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

New data from NASA`s Cassini mission, combined with measurements from the two Voyager spacecraft and NASA`s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, suggests that our sun and planets are surrounded by a giant, rounded system of magnetic field from the sun-calling into question the alternate view of the solar magnetic fields trailing behind the sun in the shape of a long comet tail.