Heliopause Cycle
This animation shows the heliosphere expanding and contracting in response to the solar cycle. As the sun reaches solar maximum, the solar wind increases and expands the heliosphere. During solar minimum, the heliosphere contracts.
Heliopause cycle animation
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Missions
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- ID: 14290
![Watch this video on the NASA Solar System Exploration Instagram page.Complete transcript available.Music credits: “Peaks and Spikes [Instrumental]” by Max van Thun [GEMA]](/vis/a010000/a014200/a014290/14290_HeliosphereRipples_YouTube.00001_print.jpg)
Produced Video - ID: 13642
![Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music credits: “End of Days - Joe Mason Remix” by Connor Shambrook [BMI], Cyrus Reynolds [BMI], Flynn Hase Spence [ASCAP], Joseph Scott Mason [APRA]; “Brainstorming” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “Flight of the Leaf Remix” by Julie Gruss [GEMA], Laurent Dury [SAXEM]; “Ticks and Thoughts” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “Intimate Journey” by Laurent Vernerey [SACEM], Nicolas de Ferran [SACEM] from Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available.](/vis/a010000/a013600/a013642/13642_IBEX11years_YouTube.00214_print.jpg)
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Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, October 1, 2010.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM EDT.