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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuge Solar Eruption May 'Sideswipe' Earth on Thursday
Earth may be in the path of a type of sun explosion called a coronal mass ejection (CME) that is due to arrive on Thursday, according to space weather analysts.
If they are strong enough, CMEs can wreak havoc on electrical systems here on Earth by interacting with our planet's magnetic field. However, the CME that may arrive on Thursday is not expected to cause any issues.
The possible CME impact has been predicted by spaceweather.com which states that the solar explosion "might sideswipe Earth's magnetic field on March 10" after having erupted from the sun's surface on March 7. It could spark a G1-class geomagnetic storm, the space weather analysis site said.
As of Wednesday morning the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had not issued a CME impact alert and did not warn of a G1 storm.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/huge-solar-eruption-may-sideswipe-earth-on-thursday/ar-AAUPG3U
Chainfire
(17,467 posts)A global Pandemic, a globally destabalizing Invasion by Russia & Now the Cosmos!!
Chainfire
(17,467 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)I don't wanna hear the one about the flipping axis either!!
Not today.