08-17-2009, 11:54 AM
(08-17-2009, 11:29 AM)Ali Quadir Wrote: There is indeed a magnetic field throughout the solar system, much like the magnetic field lies around the earth. This field is called the heliosphere. This does not affect the planets since they're affected by gravity a much stronger force. But it does to some extent keep out particles from outside the solar system. Virtually all matter in the heliosphere has emanated from the sun.thank you. i'm sorta naive about such things and don't wish to project. i wasn't sure how much scientists actually know or think that they know about such things. i just imagine greater forces at work behind the scenes that we're probably not sufficiently aware of.