Solar Flares That Cause Blackouts Could Reach Earth
Solar Flares That Cause Blackouts Could Reach EarthEel under the Rock - Jul 13, 2022
According to the New York Post, a giant sunspot and filaments on the surface of the sun are worrying astronomers, who fear solar flares and Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) could cause power outages.
Turbulent space weather in perspective.
Last month, astronomers closely tracked the evolution of sunspot AR3038, which went from "big to huge" in a matter of hours and grew to three times the size of Earth. With the Sun currently in an active phase of its 11-year cycle, activity on its surface keeps astronomers busy.
