solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Our next step is to simulate how such tornado-like features in the solar wind may impact our planet and infrastructure.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of the material will stay in the coma, while the rest will fall into the comet's tail after pressure from the sun — known as the solar wind — forces it there.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Predicting the timing to view is a less-than-perfect science, as experts rely on NASA satellites to measure the impacts of the solar wind and magnetic intensity.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Our next step is to simulate how such tornado-like features in the solar wind may impact our planet and infrastructure.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Some of the material will stay in the coma, while the rest will fall into the comet's tail after pressure from the sun — known as the solar wind — forces it there.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Predicting the timing to view is a less-than-perfect science, as experts rely on NASA satellites to measure the impacts of the solar wind and magnetic intensity.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Our next step is to simulate how such tornado-like features in the solar wind may impact our planet and infrastructure.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for solar wind
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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