Major and minor storms that happen on the sun can also strike our planet Earth from time to time. While a major solar storm has hit Earth in recent months, Another storm is expected to hit our planet today. So what are the dimensions of this storm? Will it affect the world?

The National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center indicates that gaseous material originates south of the sun’s atmosphere. started to erupt transferred. It was said that the fast solar winds created as a result of this situation will hit the Earth’s magnetic field today, Wednesday, August 3. Fortunately, the magnitude of this storm is not alarming.

Will the solar storm affect Earth?

The storm has been classified as a “G1 geomagnetic storm” by the Center. Storms in this class Although it is not expected to have a major impactHowever, it is known to affect power lines and some satellite functions, such as GPS and cellular networks. Solar winds that will hit the Earth’s atmosphere will also cause the Northern Lights to appear in the region in the southern part of the Earth.

The sun has been more active than expected lately:

Since its discovery in 1775, the Sun’s activity has been known to increase and decrease over time. But the sun has recently It shows almost twice as much activity as predicted. Scientists predict that the sun’s activity will steadily increase in the coming years, reaching its highest level in 2025. After this period, activity is expected to decline again.

The worst solar storm to hit Earth to date is said to have been the ‘Carrington Event’, which occurred in 1859. The strength of this storm Equivalent to 10 billion 1 megaton nuclear bombs is called. With the storm, all telegraph links around the world were cut, and even in the Caribbean, the Northern Lights were seen brighter than the moon. Reliving a storm of this magnitude could cause massive global power and infrastructure outages, scientists say.

How does a solar storm form?

Solar storms are natural events that happen when high-energy particles hit the Earth as a result of eruptions and explosions in the sun. These eruptions occur in areas where the sun’s plasma is cooler and less dense.in coronal holes‘ is alive. In these holes, the sun’s magnetic field lines originate from their own lines and erupt into space, hurling material from the sun into space at a speed of 2.9 million kilometers per hour.