solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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The missions will each focus on different effects of the solar wind and space weather, from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our Solar System.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
When cosmic rays — including, in part, plain old protons from the Sun’s solar wind — strike the Moon, the recoil from those heavy elements knocks them into an excited state.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 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, 3 Sep. 2025
Another study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, highlights how Bennu's airless surface has been shaped by space weathering, including tiny micrometeorite impacts and the solar wind.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
When cosmic rays — including, in part, plain old protons from the Sun’s solar wind — strike the Moon, the recoil from those heavy elements knocks them into an excited state.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 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, 3 Sep. 2025
Another study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, highlights how Bennu's airless surface has been shaped by space weathering, including tiny micrometeorite impacts and the solar wind.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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