User Overclockers Explains The solar wind can create various natural phenomena. For example, the northern lights. However, is this wind capable of negatively affecting the state of the Earth and life on it? More on this in the article.Discuss
First of all, the author of the article explained what the solar wind is. This is a continuous stream of charged particles that comes from the solar corona (that is, the atmosphere) into the space of space. Fortunately, comments user amv212, he can't harm planet Earth. There is such a wind when heat and pressure become stronger than gravity. As a result, the charged plasma in the atmosphere escapes into space along the lines of the solar magnetic field. A similar process takes place on the entire surface of the Sun.
For the most part, the Sun consists of hydrogen. However, other substances are formed as a result of nuclear fusion. All of them form the solar wind. Most of this wind consists of ionized hydrogen, and less than 10 percent of this phenomenon is ionized helium. They are also formed during the fusion of helium and hydrogen with other particles – lithium, nitrogen, oxygen and other substances.
Because of the solar wind, according to scientists, the atmosphere of Mars has changed. Experts believe that it used to have an atmosphere similar to Earth's, but now there is almost nothing left of it. Most likely, it was due to the flow of charged particles that it was destroyed.
In general, absolutely all space objects in the solar system are affected by the solar wind. True, some of them – for example, the Earth – endure this influence better than others.
Our planet has protection from this wind. This is a strong magnetic field, which is formed due to the solid inner core and the liquid outer core, consisting mostly of iron. Most likely, if this field did not exist, then our planet would now resemble Mars and, perhaps, life on it would not have developed further than unicellular organisms and archaea.
At the same time It is thanks to the solar wind from the Earth that the aurora can be observed. Also, due to the development of technology, the solar wind began to have a negative impact on them, which is difficult to predict. For example, SpaceX lost about 40 Starlink satellites after their launch because of this: they burned up in the layers of the atmosphere.
Source: Overclockers