solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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This particular storm happened because a co-rotating interaction region — a turbulent gap between fast and slow-moving solar wind streams — struck Earth's atmosphere, according to Spaceweather.com.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
This geomagnetic storm is powered by high-speed solar winds streaming from the coronal hole of the sun’s atmosphere, and it’s headed straight for Earth’s magnetic field.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 May 2025
Depending on the speed of the solar wind, DSCOVR can give anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes' warning before a solar storm hits Earth.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 May 2025
The instruments carried by the lander performed many first-of-their kind science and technology demonstrations, including starting the moon's deepest robotic planetary subsurface thermal probe and using an X-ray imager to study the interaction of solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
This geomagnetic storm is powered by high-speed solar winds streaming from the coronal hole of the sun’s atmosphere, and it’s headed straight for Earth’s magnetic field.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 May 2025
Depending on the speed of the solar wind, DSCOVR can give anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes' warning before a solar storm hits Earth.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 May 2025
The instruments carried by the lander performed many first-of-their kind science and technology demonstrations, including starting the moon's deepest robotic planetary subsurface thermal probe and using an X-ray imager to study the interaction of solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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