*snip* These waves, called magnetosonic waves, are a cross between sound waves and magnetic waves called Alfven waves. They oscillate only about once every four hours and span 10 times the width of Earth, NASA officials said. When magnetosonic waves erupt from solar storms and other disturbances, they can ripple up to 5 million miles away from the suns surface, DeForest and colleagues found. Beyond this boundary, solar material separates from the corona and flows out into space in a steady stream known as the solar wind. *snip* More:
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