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Smithsonian Scientists Help Uncover How the Solar Wind Gets its Energy
Learn MoreSince the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun's supersonic "solar wind," a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the Solar System, continues to receive energy once it leaves…