‘Sun’s wrath’: Plasma ejections could impact Earth, wreak havoc todayBy Brooke Kato
April 14, 2022
You might not want to catch these rays.
An unusual magnetic storm emitting from the sun has the potential to impact Earth on Thursday and cause noticeable damage and disruptions.
Dubbed the “sun’s wrath,” the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) tweeted this week about the detection of energy expulsions, hypothesizing a “very high probability of Earth impact” on April 14.
The solar activity is what scientists call a geomagnetic storm, which produces a “magnetic discharge” of Coronal Mass Ejections.
Basically, increased activity on the sun will eject this energy toward our planet, causing power blackouts and radio signal disruptions.
On the bright side, the solar flares create a beautiful show of lights — called auroras — like the northern lights.
“While the storms create beautiful aurora, they also can disrupt navigation systems such as the Global Navigation Satellite System and create harmful geomagnetic induced currents in the power grid and pipelines,” according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/plasma-ejections-from-the-sun-could-impact-earth-today/
