Solar wind

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WHAT IS SOLAR WIND?

The sun and its atmosphere are made of plasma ? a mix of positively and negatively charged particles which have separated at extremely high temperatures, that both carries and travels along magnetic field lines.

Material from the corona streams out into space, filling the solar system with the solar wind.

But scientists found that as the plasma travels further away from the sun, things change: The sun begins to lose magnetic control, forming the boundary that defines the outer corona ? the very edge of the sun.

If charged particles from solar winds hit Earth's magnetic field, this can cause problems for satellite and communication equipment.