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- auroras
- In aurora
- heliosphere
- In heliosphere
- interplanetary dust particles
- interplanetary medium
- lunar soil
- magnetosphere
- plasma
- shock wave caused by Earth’s magnetic field
- solar system formation
- space weather
- terrestrial magnetic field
atmospheres
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Kenneth Lang
Professor of astrophysics and radio astronomy, Tufts University. Prof. Lang is a world renowned author of popular and scholarly books in astronomy and astrophysics.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NASA Science - What Is the Solar Wind? | Jan 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The large-scale structure of the solar wind. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Astronomy - The Solar Wind. | Jun 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Chicago News - What is the solar wind? | Jan 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Alaska Fairbanks - Geophysical Institute - The Solar Wind. | Dec 01, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Jul 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences - Mesoscale Structure in the Solar Wind. | Jun 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Solar wind: What is it and how does it affect Earth? | Feb 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cosmos - Solar Wind. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Solar Wind. | May 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rader's Cosmos4Kids.com - Solar Wind. | May 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Delaware - Solar Wind. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hyperphysics - The Solar Wind. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Added image of coronal holes. | May 27, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space Radiation Lab - Advanced Composition Explorer. | Feb 17, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dept. Physics & Astronomy - Solar Wind. | Feb 07, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA Science - What Is the Solar Wind? | Feb 07, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Solar Wind. | Feb 03, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 22, 2010 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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