On Thursday, October 10, a powerful geomagnetic storm will begin on Earth due to the ejection of plasma following another solar flare. This was reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) USA.
According to NOAA, the intensity of the magnetic storm will reach class G4, which is rated as “severe.”
Scientists have warned that disturbances of this magnitude could disrupt power grids, throw satellites off course, interfere with GPS navigation and cause other problems with equipment.
The geomagnetic storm will also make the auroras visible at much lower latitudes than normal. The atmospheric glow is expected to be noticeable across much of Eurasia.
Solar flares occur when the sun’s tangled magnetic field lines snap back into place.
Some explosions are accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), fast-moving blobs of plasma that could take days to reach Earth if our planet were in their path.
The strength of CME-induced disturbances is rated on a scale from a “moderate” G1 storm to an “extreme” G5 storm.
Russian astronomers before recorded Plasma ejection from the Sun towards the Earth.