in astronomy, what are bow shocks?

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in astronomy, what are bow shocks?

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Closer to home example: as the Earth moves around the Sun, it runs into stuff getting spit out by the Sun. A lot of that stuff hits the Earth’s magnetic field and gets pushed to the side, kind of like wind hitting a windshield on a motorcycle. That area where stuff gets pushed to the sides is the bow shock.

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