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Terrifying CME blasts can bring INTENSE solar storm to Earth today; blackouts expected

21Apr

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Terrifying CME blasts can bring INTENSE solar storm to Earth today; blackouts expected

[ad_1] The coronal mass ejection (CME) cloud which was predicted to hit the Earth yesterday never arrived on time. Instead, a new forecast has revealed that it is likely to strike our planet today, April 21. But this delayed movement of the cloud has now created a complication for us. As per the UK Met Office forecasters, there is a second slow-moving but wide CME cloud which is just behind the first one. And now, both of them can strike the Earth together and create a more powerful solar storm. Further, it also remains to be seen whether other solar disturbances such as any solar flare eruption or fast-moving solar wind's presence can further intensify the incoming storm.Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov responded through a tweet explaining her understanding of this entire situation...

Solar storm fears on Earth grow as 9 DANGEROUS sunspots appear on the Sun

28Mar

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Solar storm fears on Earth grow as 9 DANGEROUS sunspots appear on the Sun

[ad_1] Last week, the Earth suffered the worst solar storm event in six years after a G4-class geomagnetic storm wreaked havoc for as long as eight hours. The severe storm was so strong that auroras were seen as far south as Colorado and New Mexico in the USA. Various reports also highlighted radio blackouts and GPS disruptions in geoeffective regions. However, the Sun is relentless and today, it appears that more dangerous solar storms are likely coming. As many as 9 sunspot groups have been detected on the Sun and there is a fear that if even one of them explodes, the resultant impact on the Earth can be dangerous.The development was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted on its website, “Today, there are 9 sunspot groups on the sun”. The report also mentioned that for the time bein...

Earth just suffered the WORST solar storm in 6 years due to this terrifying triple whammy

25Mar

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Earth just suffered the WORST solar storm in 6 years due to this terrifying triple whammy

[ad_1] The solar storm onslaught that began at the start of this year, reached a new milestone on Thursday night when a G4-class geomagnetic storm struck the planet. Today, it has left scientists scrambling to find the reasons that caused it. Scientists are trying to find out whether the storm damaged satellites, impacted GPS and mobile phone networks, internet cables or harmed the power grids. The Earth had already suffered a couple of G3-class storms recently, but this particular event was deemed to be the most intense in the last 6 years. The worst, and scariest, part is that no forecaster was able to pick up on this incident ahead of time. So, what caused one of the worst solar storms to strike the Earth and why was there no prediction of such a terrifying event? Find out.According ...

SURPRISE solar storm! G4-class geomagnetic storm hits the Earth, strongest in 6 years

24Mar

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SURPRISE solar storm! G4-class geomagnetic storm hits the Earth, strongest in 6 years

[ad_1] For a couple of days, the Earth has been awaiting the solar winds that were released from a massive coronal hole in the atmosphere of the Sun. There were some concerns that a solar storm event so close to the vernal equinox (spring equinox) could give rise to an extremely powerful storm, and it turns out the fears were not unfounded. Yesterday night, March 23, huge amounts of solar winds entered the upper atmosphere of the Earth through a crack open in the planet's magnetic field and sparked a severe G4-class geomagnetic storm, the strongest seen in six years. And surprisingly, no forecaster picked up on this development.The incident was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted on its website, “orecasters completely missed this one. On March 23-24, auroras spread into the United ...

Dangerous solar storm to STRIKE Earth tomorrow, spark G2-class geomagnetic storm, NOAA says

23Mar

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Dangerous solar storm to STRIKE Earth tomorrow, spark G2-class geomagnetic storm, NOAA says

[ad_1] On March 21, a report revealed that a terrifyingly large hole had appeared in the Sun's atmosphere that was spewing a powerful solar wind stream. At the time, it was believed that this solar storm could reach the Earth between March 23 and 24 and could cause a powerful geomagnetic storm event. Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has stated that the solar winds will reach our planet tomorrow and will result in a G2-class geomagnetic storm, which can have quite scary consequences.The development was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted in its website, “NOAA forecasters say that G2-class (Moderate) geomagnetic storms are possible on March 24th when solar wind flowing from a large hole in the sun's atmosphere is expected to reach Earth”. This would al...