solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Bartlett captured the comet's twisting ion tail wax and wane as it was buffeted by the solar wind emanating from our parent star.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
On Earth, auroras are caused by the solar wind interacting with our planet’s magnetic field.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the space between the stars.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The satellite’s compact coronagraph telescope will monitor the sun for activity and measure the solar wind, providing a constant stream of data to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
On Earth, auroras are caused by the solar wind interacting with our planet’s magnetic field.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the space between the stars.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The satellite’s compact coronagraph telescope will monitor the sun for activity and measure the solar wind, providing a constant stream of data to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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