Solar Wind Challenge: Two BU Astronomers Research Profs Will Debate Differing Theories Of Origin
Monday, May 26, 2008 - 13:28
in Astronomy & Space
The solar wind -- a stream of electrically-charged particles and magnetic fields that blows outward from the sun and streams past Earth and through the solar system in all directions at speeds of a million miles per hour -- continues to baffle scientists 50 years after its initial discovery.