Massive explosions on the Sun are throwing billions of tons of plasma and particles acrossspacetowards Earth. The explosion is expected to occur on Thursday.
A "cannibalistic" coronal mass ejection was launched from the surface of the Sun on Monday (August 15) because it had already absorbed the previous day's flare, according to US experts. Observers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
independent warning service Spaceweather.com say the solar storm emanating from active sunspot AR3078 could disrupt critical GPS navigation systems. I predict it will. Thursday (August 18).
This is because it has been noted that sunspots show signs of a strong magnetic field penetrating the Earth's ionosphere. This magnetic field is used to "bounce" the signal across the Earth.
It is also believed that emissions can affect power grids.
Meanwhile, a NOAA statement, explaining how their agency monitors solar storms, states:
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AFP/GETTY IMAGES)"The impact of the G2 storm on our technology , are generally nominal."
They also say that solar storms, "together with other factors," mean that northern lights can be seen in regions far south of North America. He added that it might. Midwest, parts of the North Central state, and "probably" northwestern Washington. '
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www.spaceweather.com)The latest warning is that the Sun is hitting an 11-year high in emissions from its outer layer, called the corona.
Such phenomena are caused by mass ejections of particles from stars that move through the atmosphere and assume what is in their path.
In 1989, a powerful solar eruption brought so many charged particles to Earth that a nine-hour blackout occurred in Quebec, Canada.
