... The Sun . ... The Corona . ... Solar Wind . 18H.Solar Wind obs. ... Field . ... The first indication that the sun might be emitting a "wind" came from comet tails , observed to point away from the Sun, whether the comet was approaching the Sun or whether it was moving away. ... The corona, like the Earth's atmosphere, is held down by the Sun's gravity. ... The particles at its "roots" stay with the Sun, but those in the high corona flow out with the solar wind, to the Earth's orbit and far beyond. ...