The sun released two huge Flares Early on Wednesday, one day after NASA observation took a separate solar flammable photo.
The most powerful successive explosions in the year included, according to what was reported, caused the power outage on short waves on at least five continents. The explosions this week may indicate that The sun increases its activity.
On Wednesday, the solar storm reached at 4:25 am EST, when the sun was released at a huge X -class sanctuary, and they threw plasma currents and charged molecules in the universe.
“Flares of this size is not repeated”, officials at the Space Endowment Center in the oceans and atmosphere Books in a summary of the event.
Solar torches are classified by force into five categories. The smallest and weakest flames are the A.C. storms, followed by the B. Class, Class C, Class M, and the strongest m category, from the X -Class. Each letter represents an increase of 10 times in the energy that the sun exports on the previous chapter, According to Nasa.
In addition to letters, scientists also use a scale of 1 to 9 to describe the intensity of the solar storm.
During the solar storm on Wednesday, the Space weather forecast center scored the X2.7 Strait shortly before 4:30 am, East time, and M5.3 illuminated several hours ago.
One day before, the X1.2 luminous erupted separately at about 11:38 am East time, according to NASA. The Agency’s solar dynamic Observatory, which was launched in 2010, took a picture of the jaw dropping of the event, indicating the glow of the X-Class as a fire action that explodes from the sun.
Strong solar storms can be dangerous to astronauts in space, and can cause problems for GPS and satellite systems. When these storms aim to the ground, they can also Disable radio connections or hit energy networks The planet is also bombed with currents of charged molecules.
Since Tuesday, power outages have been reported in short waves in parts of North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East, According to the SpaceWeather.com websiteThe web site is run by the astronomer Tony Phillips closely monitors the daily sun’s activities.
Sean Dal, a prophet at the NOAA satellite prediction center, said that the X2.7 Strait occurred while the sun was over the Middle East, which contributed to high -frequency radio signal disturbances in the region for about 10 minutes during the peak of the storm.
“Unlike a possibility [high-frequency] Dal said in a written statement: “The deterioration of communications due to some issues of the fading of short waves, we do not realize any possible or possible effects.”
But solar storms can have more harmful consequences on Earth, such as Ultra -charging offers for the northern lights. Since the charged molecules strike the Earth’s magnetic field and interact with atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere of the planet, they can intensify the eurora in latitudes to the south as usual.
The scientists said last year that the sun entered A crowded stage of its 11 -year -old normal session. The increasing activity period, known as the maximum solar energy, will continue during this year, which means that more solar storms can be in the store in the coming months.
Dal said that although Wednesday was the strongest so far this year, it was not the largest current sun activity. This appointment belongs to a monster strait – x9.0 eruption – which broke out on October 3, 2024.
This article was originally published on NBCNEWS.com
