: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space
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Over its lifetime, powerful stellar winds stripped away much of its material.—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026 Massive young stars don't quietly settle in; their intense radiation and powerful stellar winds push outward, hollowing out the surrounding gas.—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Streamers of gas can be spotted exiting the nebula, blown off by intense stellar winds.—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025 The team remains unsure of what triggered the star to release the silicon and sulfur shell and is considering the possibility that the star interacted with a potential companion star, experienced exceptionally strong stellar winds or underwent a massive pre-supernova outburst.—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stellar wind