Solar wind

Several days after a solar flare, a magnetic storm could be felt on earth. This solar wind, consisting of an unusually large "gust" of charged particles emitted by the Sun, was theorized by Parker and later verified by Lunik probes.
 Eugene Newman Parker United States 1959 Solar wind

Several days after a solar flare, a magnetic storm could be felt on earth. This solar wind, consisting of an unusually large "gust" of charged particles emitted by the Sun, was theorized by Parker and later verified by Lunik probes.