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Nature Physics 4, 347 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/nphys949

Solar wind: Thar she blows

May Chiao

The Sun emits a hot gas of charged particles known as 'solar wind', which takes 10 days or fewer to reach the Earth. There, it can interact with the planet's magnetic field lines to produce aurorae, for instance.