Solar wind - Wikipedia
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons, protons and alpha particles with …
Solar wind: What is it and how does it affect Earth? | Space
Jul 6, 2022 · Solar wind is composed of charged particles and the sun's magnetic field and is continually released from our star. Explore the phenomenon in more detail here.
The Solar Wind - NASA
The solar wind streams off of the Sun in all directions at speeds of about 400 km/s (about 1 million miles per hour). The source of the solar wind is the Sun's hot corona. The temperature of the …
Solar Wind | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
The solar wind continuously flows outward from the Sun and consists mainly of protons and electrons in a state known as a plasma. Solar magnetic field is embedded in the plasma and …
Solar Wind - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
The solar wind is created by the outward expansion of plasma (a collection of charged particles) from the Sun's corona (outermost atmosphere). This plasma is continually heated to the point …
Effects of the Solar Wind - NASA Science
Nov 24, 2019 · Welcome to the wind that begins in our Sun and doesn’t stop until after it reaches the edge of the heliosphere: the solar wind. The corona is the Sun’s inner atmosphere – the …
25 Years of Science in the Solar Wind - NASA
Nov 1, 2019 · For the past 25 years, Wind has been studying the heated gas of charged particles — known as plasma — that fills the space between planets. The observations have allowed …
Solar wind | Interplanetary Medium, Heliosphere, Plasma | Britannica
Jan 3, 2025 · Solar wind, flux of particles, chiefly protons and electrons together with nuclei of heavier elements in smaller numbers, that are accelerated by the high temperatures of the …
Parker Solar Probe and the Birth of the Solar Wind - NASA
Jul 30, 2018 · Facing several-million-degree Fahrenheit temperatures, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — named after Eugene Parker, the University of Chicago physicist who first predicted …
NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind …
Aug 30, 2024 · Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar wind,” a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the solar system, continues to receive …