FEATURE ARTICLE
The Galactic Environment of the Sun
The heliosphere appears to protect the inner solar system from the vagaries of the interstellar medium
Priscilla Frisch
Acknowledgment
The author thanks Michael Szpir for his assistance with the preparation of this article.
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