NASA's IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) mission was successfully launched on October 19. IBEX will catch energetic particles streaming from the termination shock - the zone where the solar wind that blows from the Sun suddenly slows down as it slams into the thin, cold gas of interstellar space.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/index.html
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Al.