solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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Key Facts No geomagnetic storms or solar winds are expected to impact the Earth on Sunday night, but NOAA is forecasting a maximum Kp index of three out of nine—indicating the aurora borealis could still be visible.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
This, combined with fast solar wind streaming from a large Earth-facing coronal hole, could fuel geomagnetic storm conditions overnight, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 June 2025
The interaction of the two streams creates a compression region in the solar wind that appears to rotate in step with the sun, hence the name.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Their openness allows solar wind to escape at higher speeds, known as High Speed Streams, or HSS.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 12 June 2025
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
This, combined with fast solar wind streaming from a large Earth-facing coronal hole, could fuel geomagnetic storm conditions overnight, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 June 2025
The interaction of the two streams creates a compression region in the solar wind that appears to rotate in step with the sun, hence the name.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Their openness allows solar wind to escape at higher speeds, known as High Speed Streams, or HSS.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 12 June 2025
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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