In 2006, a far infrared bow shock was detected near the AGB star R Hydrae.
Bow shocks are stationary and are formed when two particle streams collide with each other.
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Runaway stars such as this with a stellar wind that is moving at supersonic velocity through the interstellar medium have their wind confined by a bow shock due to ram pressure.
In 2012, data collected from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite and Voyager 1 and 2 indicated that the Sun isn't moving fast enough through its current interstellar environment to have a bow shock.
For his Ph.D., Farris conducted research under the guidance of Christopher T. Russell on the physics of the collisionless bow shock.