0
Yes. Solar winds extend over a light-year (and with larger stars, several light-years) into what is known as interstellar space, well beyond a star's Oort cloud.
This is one of the reasons why light sails are considered a viable potential technology for interstellar travel.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Which explains the outer gas planets when the solar system formed?
B. The young sun's solar winds pushed gases outward to the outer solar system.
Why were planets closer to the sun not able to retain lighter gases?
The lighter gases were blown away by the solar winds. This is why the inner planets have rocky cores and are not gaseous planets.
What is the definition of 'winds' as it pertains to outer space?
The winds of outer space are called solar winds. Not really air but it is the movement of gases and charged particles coming from the sun or the planets into outer space.
The sun is very different from other planets in the solar system because it has the most h igh winds?
its not a planet.....
Where do solar winds come from?
Solar winds come from the sum
When was Solar Winds created?
Solar Winds was created in 1993.
What does the magnetosphere do to the solar winds?
It deflects the solar winds around the Earth
Where are people most affected by solar winds?
"No person is affected by solar winds because they happen in the atmosphere. What is affected by solar winds are satellites that are up in the solar system, they can get pushed aside, knocked down, or even broken if the solar winds are too strong."
How. Far can solar winds extend?
To the heliopause , 80 to 100 AU from the sun or 90 x 93 million million liles (about 10 trillion miles)
What part of the sun sends out solar winds?
Solar winds are sent out from the upper atmosphere of the sun.
What are the details of the Pioneer 11 Project?
The Pioneer 11 Project refers to the Pioneer spacecraft that traveled past the planets Jupiter and Saturn to gather data about solar winds and interplanetary medium (the space between planets).
Neptune's winds are the what in the solar system?
Neptune has the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System
