stellar wind

noun

: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space

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On the other hand, the sun loses mass through stellar winds, weakening its gravitational grip and allowing planetary orbits to drift outward. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 Some of the galaxy's most spectacular stellar nurseries resemble giant cosmic wagon wheels, with spoke-like structures that scientists say were sculpted by shockwaves from stellar explosions and powerful stellar winds. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 June 2026 The group based its calculations on how much the jets were bent by the stellar wind as well as computer modeling. Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the European VLBI Network (EVN), Prabu and his colleagues were able to reconstruct high-resolution images of the jets over time, watching as they were buffeted to and fro by intense stellar winds from the nearby star. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stellar wind

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1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stellar wind was in 1965

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“Stellar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stellar%20wind. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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