solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Gas and dust released were swept backward by the solar wind, forming the glowing tail captured in various images.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are waves of light created when the solar wind strikes the atmosphere, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
With a fresh wave of solar wind shaking up Earth’s magnetic field, the sky is gearing up for another cosmic performance, just as everyone settles in for travel, turkey and holiday chaos.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Since entering interstellar space, the craft has been studying plasma waves, cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the heliosphere, the immense bubble of solar wind around the solar system.
—George Petras, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are waves of light created when the solar wind strikes the atmosphere, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 2 Dec. 2025
With a fresh wave of solar wind shaking up Earth’s magnetic field, the sky is gearing up for another cosmic performance, just as everyone settles in for travel, turkey and holiday chaos.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Since entering interstellar space, the craft has been studying plasma waves, cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the heliosphere, the immense bubble of solar wind around the solar system.
—George Petras, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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