solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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The Earth's magnetosphere protects the planet from the constant bombardment of solar particles, known as solar wind.
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 July 2025
The magnetic field can occasionally become disrupted by stronger solar winds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 14 July 2025
However, to more directly study incoming solar wind, researchers use additional satellites located farther upstream – hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
There is currently an Earth-facing coronal hole on the sun — a large hole in its atmosphere where magnetic fields can escape — that is creating a fast-moving and turbulent stream of solar wind to move in the direction of Earth.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 21 July 2025
The magnetic field can occasionally become disrupted by stronger solar winds.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 14 July 2025
However, to more directly study incoming solar wind, researchers use additional satellites located farther upstream – hundreds of thousands of miles from Earth.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
There is currently an Earth-facing coronal hole on the sun — a large hole in its atmosphere where magnetic fields can escape — that is creating a fast-moving and turbulent stream of solar wind to move in the direction of Earth.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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