solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Blue Ghost is carrying 10 NASA experiments on board, including a drill to measure lunar heat flow, an instrument to collect rock samples and an X-ray imager to study how Earth's magnetic field is impacted by cosmic forces such as solar wind.
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 2 Mar. 2025
The lander is carrying 10 NASA payloads with science objectives including studying the lunar regolith, or the moon's dusty surface, the lunar radiation environment and the solar wind.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The same solar wind event sparked a previous G1 storm on Sunday.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Auroras are byproducts of the interaction between solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere, containing its magnetic field.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 2 Mar. 2025
The lander is carrying 10 NASA payloads with science objectives including studying the lunar regolith, or the moon's dusty surface, the lunar radiation environment and the solar wind.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The same solar wind event sparked a previous G1 storm on Sunday.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Auroras are byproducts of the interaction between solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere, containing its magnetic field.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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