太阳圈（heliosphere）是太阳所能支配或控制的太空区域。太阳圈的边缘是一个磁性气状泡，并且远远的超出冥王星之外。从太阳"吹"出的电浆，也就是所谓的太阳风，创建和维护着这个鼓起的泡沫，并且抵抗来自银河系的氢气和氦气，也就是外面的星际物质，渗入的压力。太阳风从太阳向外流动，直到遭遇到终端震波，然后在那儿突然的减速。航海家太空船积极的探测太阳圈的边界，穿越过震波和进入日鞘，这是要到达太阳圈最外层的边缘，称为日球层顶的过渡区。当太阳在空间中移动时，太阳圈的整体形状是由星际物质控制的，它似乎不是一个完美的球形。以有限的数据用于未探勘过的自然界，已经推导出许多理论的架结构。

The heliosphere is the bubble-like region of space dominated by the Sun, which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto. Plasma "blown" out from the Sun, known as the solar wind, creates and maintains this bubble against the outside pressure of the interstellar medium, the hydrogen and helium gas that permeates the Milky Way Galaxy. The solar wind flows outward from the Sun until encountering the termination shock, where motion slows abruptly. The Voyager spacecraft have actively explored the outer reaches of the heliosphere, passing through the shock and entering the heliosheath, a transitional region which is in turn bounded by the outermost edge of the heliosphere, called the heliopause. The overall shape of the heliosphere is controlled by the interstellar medium through which it is traveling, as well as the Sun, and does not appear to be perfectly spherical. The limited data available and unexplored nature of these structures have resulted in many theories.