stellar wind
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stellar wind
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
W1935 lacks a companion star entirely, so a stellar wind cannot contribute to the phenomenon.
From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 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
Webb’s image of the vast stellar nursery, 7600 light-years from Earth, contains hundreds of newly born stars that have never been seen before, as well as swirling dust and gas buffeted by stellar wind.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 11, 2022
As a star rotates, its magnetic field sweeps through space, interacting with the charged particles blown from the stellar surface and carried away by stellar wind.
From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2021
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