solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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The wave of solar wind will also extend the reach of auroras.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 May 2024
On the same day this video was recorded, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed to within 4.5 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) of the solar surface, measuring particles and the magnetic field in the Sun’s corona and solar wind, according to ESA.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Without the sheltering benefit of solar wind, interstellar iron and plutonium would have battered the Earth.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Cause of these storms Such storms are triggered when the Sun ejects a significant amount of its magnetic field and plasma into the solar wind.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 May 2024
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 May 2024
On the same day this video was recorded, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed to within 4.5 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) of the solar surface, measuring particles and the magnetic field in the Sun’s corona and solar wind, according to ESA.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Without the sheltering benefit of solar wind, interstellar iron and plutonium would have battered the Earth.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
Cause of these storms Such storms are triggered when the Sun ejects a significant amount of its magnetic field and plasma into the solar wind.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 May 2024
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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