: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space
Examples of stellar wind in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Dying stars exhale hot stellar winds; any carbon swept up in these winds essentially burns up, producing stellar soot.—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024 The intense radiation from the star – the stellar wind – is not only boiling off the planet’s atmosphere, but also sweeping it into a long stream like a comet’s tail.—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2024 Learning about stellar wind could tell researchers more about the habitability of exoplanets.—Yeimy J. Rivera, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024 The wispy brown filaments surrounding the central starburst region are bubbles of gas that have been heated by stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation unleashed by hot, young stars.—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stellar wind
Share