." Our research study attends to a large open question regarding just how the photo voltaic wind is invigorated and also helps us understand exactly how the Sun affects its environment and also, ultimately, the Earth," said Yeimy Rivera, co-leader of the study as well as a postdoctoral other at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, aspect of Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian. "If this process occurs in our local superstar, it is actually very very likely that this powers winds from various other superstars throughout the Galaxy universe and also past and also might have implications for the habitability of exoplanets.".