stellar wind

noun

Astronomy.

1. the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stellar wind¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Red dwarfs are prodigious emitters of stellar wind, a mixture of electrons and other charged particles.

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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.

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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.

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“The only way to get the tail is if you have an excessive stellar wind that reshapes and sculpts it, basically like a comet.”

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For isolated brown dwarfs like W1935, the absence of a stellar wind to contribute to the auroral process and explain the extra energy in the upper atmosphere required for the methane emission is a mystery.

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