solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Park’s team feeds the lunar and solar position data — alongside similar parameters for the planets and hundreds of asteroids, and corrections for things like pressure from the solar wind, and not just the laws of Newton’s gravity but the subtler tweaks of general relativity — into a computer model.
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Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This information helps researchers better understand phenomena such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections and the solar wind, which can have significant impacts on space weather and technology on Earth.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
These data will include that will capture some of the solar wind’s interactions with the moon’s surface.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
This program will discuss sunspots, solar winds, flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, represent waves of light from solar wind, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Geochemists have long questioned whether these gases came from primordial reservoirs or were added after our planet formed from irradiation by the solar wind or on helium-bearing meteorites.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 2 Dec. 2023
Scientists can forecast the likelihood of aurora borealis by examining solar winds, though the Geophysical Institute notes that predictions are often less reliable than typical weather forecasts.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The aurora are caused by the solar wind, charged particles from the sun, being accelerated down the field lines of the Earth’s magnetic field.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This information helps researchers better understand phenomena such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections and the solar wind, which can have significant impacts on space weather and technology on Earth.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
These data will include that will capture some of the solar wind’s interactions with the moon’s surface.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
This program will discuss sunspots, solar winds, flares and coronal mass ejections.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, represent waves of light from solar wind, creating a display of moving lights in the night sky.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Geochemists have long questioned whether these gases came from primordial reservoirs or were added after our planet formed from irradiation by the solar wind or on helium-bearing meteorites.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 2 Dec. 2023
Scientists can forecast the likelihood of aurora borealis by examining solar winds, though the Geophysical Institute notes that predictions are often less reliable than typical weather forecasts.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The aurora are caused by the solar wind, charged particles from the sun, being accelerated down the field lines of the Earth’s magnetic field.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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