A massive solar flare is expected to cause geomagnetic storms on Earth in the coming days. Will they have a big impact? Find out here.
A small part of the Sun has exploded and this massive energy in the form of solar flares will soon hit Earth! Solar flares occur due to explosions of electromagnetic energy occurring on the surface of the Sun. “Today there is a bulge jutting out from the sun’s southwestern limb. It’s so big that astronomers are struggling to fit it into one picture,” Space Weather reported. Now these massive solar flares are making their way to Earth at mind-boggling speeds.
According to Space Weather, a large and deep fiery canyon has erupted on the Sun that was about 155,000 miles long and 15,500 miles deep and is expected to cause geomagnetic storms on Earth. A geomagnetic storm is a severe disturbance of the Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs when energy from the solar wind is transferred very rapidly into the space environment around the earth.
These solar flares are expected to generate minor G1 class geomagnetic storms possibly on July 20 or 21. massive solar particles that generate geomagnetic storms on Earth were ejected into space by an unstable filament of magnetism that erupted on July 15, Space Weather said.
Will these geomagnetic storms affect Earth? In general, some of the geomagnetic storms can cause radio outages, even a strong geomagnetic storm can cut the internet and mobile phone connection along with the power grid. However, physicist Cameron Patterson of Lancaster University mentioned to Express.co.uk that such disturbances in space weather could even cause electrical currents that could interfere with signaling systems. For example, green signals red when there is no train nearby! “While we usually associate these faults with rain, snow and leaves on the line, you may not have considered that the Sun can also cause railway signals to malfunction,” he added. Disruption to electrical signals on rail systems could cause horrific accidents, researchers have warned.
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