According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), dark plasma bursts known as cold solar flares have a 60% chance of causing a radio blackout on Earth as early as this week. reports Daily Mail edition. If the outbreak occurs before Friday, it could affect radio, aviation and satellite communications, according to media reports.
As the article notes, “cold” solar flares, which are characterized by a lower temperature than “hot” ones, have only become the subject of serious study by astrophysicists in the last decade. They produce microwave radiation that is as strong as hot flares and produce higher peak frequencies of gyrosynchrotron radiation, the particular type of radiation responsible for the intense and destructive radio emission during a flare.
Before that, on July 19, British scientists from the University of Birmingham discovered the first signs of the next 11-year cycle of solar activity in sound signals emanating from our star. This is stated in a post on the website of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
Russians before warned about the dangers of push-button phones.