Solar storm watch: X-class solar flare hits Earth, causing radio outage in Pacific Ocean

Over the past few days, the danger of geomagnetic storms affecting the Earth has grown. The development comes just days after the most powerful solar storm since 2017 hit Earth, triggering a nine-hour geomagnetic storm. The Sun has become unstable over the past few months as the peak of Solar Cycle 25 approaches. As the peak approaches, the frequency of solar phenomena such as solar particles, coronal mass ejections, solar flares, solar storms, and geomagnetic storms is expected to increase. severity. Now, NASA is keeping a close eye on solar storms and has revealed that a recent solar flare hit Earth, causing radio outages.

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Class X solar flare threat

According to forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sunspot AR3615 threw out an X-class solar flare. The flare struck Earth, ionizing the top of the planet’s atmosphere. As a result, a shortwave radio blackout occurred over the Pacific on March 28.

Following this solar flare threat, a coronal mass ejection was reported to have emerged from the same location where X-class solar flares were emitted. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are reportedly modeling the data to predict potential solar storms.

that report state, yesterday, the huge sunspot AR3615 once again produced an X1-class solar flare. The explosion on March 28, 2053 UTC ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere and caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean: map. Of greater interest are the coronal mass ejections that emerged from the explosion site. NOAA analysts are modeling coronal mass ejections to check for components that could point toward Earth. “

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increased solar activity

This solar flare occurred during the spring equinox, causing the Russell-McPherran effect to take effect. This effect can cause cracks in Earth’s magnetic field, allowing even weak solar wind to penetrate. But why does this happen? According to NASA, this happens because of semiannual changes in the effective southward component of the interplanetary field. Therefore, solar storms are observed more frequently during this period.

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