AST-148intermediate

Solar Wind, Heliosphere & Space Weather: Physical Mechanisms

The solar wind is a continuous outflow of charged particles from the Sun's corona that fills a vast bubble around the Sun called the heliosphere. Space-weather forecasting supports satellite operations, aviation communication, astronaut safety, navigation, and power-grid planning.

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The solar wind is a continuous outflow of charged particles from the Sun's corona that fills a vast bubble around the Sun called the heliosphere.

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The corona is hot enough that some plasma escapes the Sun's gravity and accelerates outward along open magnetic field lines.

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