Amid the growing risk of a solar flare in the Sun, a mysterious solar storm hit the Earth around midnight on June 25, continuing throughout the next day.
Solar storms are a common phenomenon in recent months with the Sun in the middle of the Solar Cycle. However, this solar storm has left scientists confused. They could not understand how it happened or where it came from.
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Solar storms occur due to a corona mass ejection (CME) ejected to the surface of the Sun. According to the K index, which measures the magnetic field around the Earth, solar storms are divided into 5 categories from G-1 to G-5. The G-1 is the smallest solar G5 given to the most severe solar storms.
The solar storm of June 25 was strong enough to affect the grid and cause the amazing sky phenomenon known as Auroras, which lasted until June 29. Spaceweather.com experts told the Sun, “Meteorologists are not sure why. “The main suspect is an unexpected CME (Coronal Mass Ejections) embedded in the solar wind.” It also affected the electricity grid and caused small power fluctuations.
Interestingly, this solar storm collided with another extremely rare phenomenon where five large planets from our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – lined up to adorn the night sky.
This solar storm comes after NASA scientists discovered the risk of a solar flare bursting in the solar region 3038. According to NASA, sunspots are dark areas on the solar surface that contain strong magnetic fields that can move continuously and periods of days or weeks are formed and dissolved. They occur when strong magnetic fields emerge through the solar surface and allow the area to cool slightly.
This sunspot has the potential to emit Category M solar flares to Earth, which can cause physical damage. May cause power outages, GPS problems. However, if the solar storm is large enough, it can wreak havoc on the entire technological infrastructure of the earth.
