Solar Wind
The continuous stream of charged particles — mostly protons and electrons — that flows outward from the Sun's corona at hundreds of kilometres per second, filling the Solar System and shaping planetary magnetospheres.
Imagery
Solar Panel Buffeted by Wind at Phoenix Site
2008
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University · NASA media (public domain)
Environment & effects
Knowledge connections
- AffectsEarth
- AffectsMars
- Observed byACE (Advanced Composition Explorer)
- Observed byDSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory)
- Observed byParker Solar Probe
- Observed bySolar Orbiter
- Associated withThe Sun
- Associated withMagnetosphere
- Associated withHeliosphere
- Associated withCoronal Holes
- Associated withNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- Associated withThe Solar Corona
- Associated withCoronal Streamer
- Associated withThe Fast Solar Wind
- Associated withThe Slow Solar Wind
- Associated withThe Parker Spiral
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NOAA Solar CalculatorNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Public-domain solar-position geometry: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, declination, and the equation of time.
Public domain (US Government work).