solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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By measuring the solar wind speed, density and magnetic orientation, these satellites can give Earth anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour of warning before the storm arrives.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Earth saw a strong geomagnetic storm Sunday night, NOAA reported, reaching a G3 (on a scale of 5) due to the impact of solar winds escaping from a cooler, dense region of the Sun.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are waves of light created when the solar wind strikes the atmosphere, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
How the aurora works Aurorae appear in the night sky when a burst of energetic particles in a solar wind are hurled out by a coronal mass ejection on the sun.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Earth saw a strong geomagnetic storm Sunday night, NOAA reported, reaching a G3 (on a scale of 5) due to the impact of solar winds escaping from a cooler, dense region of the Sun.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are waves of light created when the solar wind strikes the atmosphere, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
How the aurora works Aurorae appear in the night sky when a burst of energetic particles in a solar wind are hurled out by a coronal mass ejection on the sun.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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