How do solar winds work?

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From my understanding space is a vaccum and if I understand correctly (which I probably don’t) then there can’t be wind or acceleration?
I probably understand this less than a 5 year old though

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The sun sends out charged particles that travel insanely fast as it burns. These particles travel forever or until they find resistance since there is no resistance in the vacuum of space. You can’t see or feel these microscopic particles because they are just so small, but in space where there is no resistance, theoretically you could have a large solar “sail” for them to impact and move an object.

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