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NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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What Is the Solar Wind?

An animation shows the Sun in the bottom left corner. Cascading off the Sun are lines in every direction, representing solar wind streams. As they move away, kinks form in the lines, and grow wider as they move outward.