: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space
Examples of stellar wind in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThis very hot star, one of the hottest stars in the Milky Way (about 200,000 degrees Celsius), has a fast stellar wind with speeds up to 16,000 km/h.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2024 Evolution at that stage occurs with heavy mass loss in the form of stellar winds and super winds, says Sion.—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Planet not in danger from star's forces The exoplanet is close enough to its sun to make a complete orbit in less than four days, leading to its atmosphere being degraded by the star's radiation at a rate of 200,000 tons per second and formed into a tail by its stellar wind.—James Powel, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 Such objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars and are formed when stellar winds or jets of gas spewing from these protostars form shockwaves colliding with nearby gas and dust at high speeds.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for stellar wind
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