stellar wind
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stellar wind
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Red dwarfs are prodigious emitters of stellar wind, a mixture of electrons and other charged particles.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 3, 2024
That ring-shaped cloud of gas was then buffeted by the stream of high-speed charged particles coming off the blue giant, known as a stellar wind.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
The outermost matter of the planet becomes ensnared by the stellar wind and is accelerated into space, eventually reaching speeds of 50,000 miles per hour.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Zhukov said stellar wind is a phenomenon common to most, if not all, stars, though the physical mechanism may differ among various types of stars.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
That star had a surface temperature of roughly 200,000 kelvin, with a stellar wind travelling outward at 16,000 kilometres per second — roughly 5% of the speed of light.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2023
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