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| Apr 5, 2019 at 18:17 | comment | added | Willk | @Sonvar - what you describe is what I had read about before. The linked article is a different aspect of the same (similar?) phenomenon as far as I can tell. | |
| Apr 5, 2019 at 4:34 | comment | added | Sonvar | I am thinking this would be similar to the heliosphere/heliopause/terminal shock of our solar system. The heliosphere is so massive, traveling at a high speed in relation to the interstellar medium, it creates a sort of bow shock. not sure how powerful this is compared to a shock wave from breaking the sound barrier on earth | |
| Apr 5, 2019 at 4:22 | history | answered | Willk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |