solar wind
Sun's particle stream
Solar wind is the continuous stream of charged particles—mostly protons and electrons—flowing outward from the sun into space.
It travels at hundreds of kilometers per second, carrying the sun's magnetic field throughout the solar system.
Solar wind interacts with planetary magnetic fields, causing phenomena like the aurora borealis on Earth.
During solar storms, intensified solar wind can disrupt satellites and power grids.
- magnetosphereCelestial body's protective field
- heliosphereSun-dominated space bubble
- coronaStar's outermost atmosphere
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- charged particlesAtoms with net electricity
shock wave · protons · aurora · northern lights · electrons · interplanetary · space weather · storm · flare · geomagnetic · Voyager · ions · charged · magnetic field lines · flux · borealis · streaming · luminous
- heliosphereheliosphere, heliopause, termination shock, magnetic field lines
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- outer spacesun, moon, planet, star system, comet
- solar systemsun, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- sunsunlight, sunspots, sunshine, sunbeam, photosphere
solar windsunlight
Radiance from our star
solar radiation · photons · solar heat · light · thermal radiation
wind, windy, solar, windmill, solstice, sol, solarize, solarized, solarizing