Scientists call the region of space affected by the Sun the heliosphere; But since it’s not an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape.
The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for humans and animals. But that’s not the only thing it does, and it affects a much wider area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space affected by the Sun, is a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth. The Sun… Read More »