A giant cloud of magnetized plasma has exploded from a sunspot hidden on the far side of the Sun and could return to Earth in just two days, so get ready for some solar fireworks. An explosion erupting from beyond the eastern border Sun Early on Tuesday morning (January 3), supposedly Coronal mass removal (CME), the explosion of particles from the upper layers of the Sun’s atmosphere or corona. A strong accompaniment to the CME sun burstlasting more than six hours, solar scientist Kate Strong said on Twitter. Neither the flare nor the CME targeted Earth, but experts warn it’s a hidden solar stainThose who created them will soon return to the planet during the rotation of the Sun.

Sunspots are darker regions of the Sun’s lower atmosphere that are cooler than the rest of the Sun’s disk and have intense and winding magnetic field lines. When these magnetic field lines are broken, sunspots emit solar flares in the form of bright flashes of light and CMEs. Solar flares travel at the speed of light and reach our planet in eight minutes if directed. CMEs, on the other hand, move more slowly in space and arrive in two to three days. Solar flares can disrupt radio communications on our planet without warning, but experts fear CMEs the most. Magnetized plasma from CMEs interacts with Earth’s magnetic field to cause all sorts of undesirable effects on technology, including power outages, GPS malfunctions, and satellite malfunctions. But these interactions are also the cause of fascinating auroras, or aurora borealis.

Yesterday’s flare and CME were detected by several spacecraft observing the sun, including the joint NASA/European Space Agency mission. sun and heliosphere observatory (SOHO) and NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory.

The measurements helped the scientists determine that the sunspot, or active region, that caused the flares would move to the Earth-facing portion of the solar disk within two days. Space Weather. In fact, the active zone may already be known to solar scientists. In December, a sunspot named AR3163, larger than our planet at the time, passed the solar disk and disappeared about two weeks ago. This sunspot is expected to reappear, and scientists believe it may have gotten even stronger since we last saw it.

Meanwhile, plasma from a CME that exploded from the Sun on December 30 reached Earth today (January 4), causing a small geomagnetic storm that could make auroras visible slightly further away from their normal location around the poles. British space estimator The Met Office predicts A potential increase is expected towards the end of this week, when a mysterious sunspot appears on the eastern edge of the sun.