solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Their impact on the Moon is constant, as is the solar wind sputtering effect.
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Even moderate solar wind creates the aurora, NOAA said, so there is usually a weak aurora visible from somewhere on Earth.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
Things like supernova explosions and the solar wind can create cosmic rays with enough energy to make neutrons rain down on Earth.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The spacecraft studied both the effects of meteorites and solar wind on building the moon’s atmosphere.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Even moderate solar wind creates the aurora, NOAA said, so there is usually a weak aurora visible from somewhere on Earth.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
Things like supernova explosions and the solar wind can create cosmic rays with enough energy to make neutrons rain down on Earth.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The spacecraft studied both the effects of meteorites and solar wind on building the moon’s atmosphere.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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