This is our solar system as a tiny traveler in the interstellar medium. The charged particles of the Sun are seperated from the neutral gasses and cosmic rays of interstellar space by the heliopause. Voyager 2 is heading toward the left side of the termination shock (as represented in this diagram). Click to enlarge.

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