SPACEWhile storms wreak havoc throughout Europe and North America this week, the sun has been undergoing a period of high activity, with repercussions that may be seen on Earth on Wednesday.
Late Saturday, a G1-class geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the earth. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said a G1-class geomagnetic storm would likely hit the Earth on Saturday, Jan.
2012 was touted as the year of the apocalypse according to Mayans, however, despite the world not ending that year, an astronomical phenomenon of immense proportion did occur. Luckily the Earth escaped by a hair, but how dangerous are Solar Storms for humans?
The US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) warns that a solar flare from the Sun threatens to affect power grids and satellites and create northern lights.
New research on space weather and solar oscillations produced a model that could predict solar activities and possibly answer the 'Convective Conundrum.'
The sound waves were collected through ESA's Cluster mission which consists of four spacecraft that are designed to study the Earth's magnetic field and how it reacts and interacts with the particles coming from the Sun.
If that solar storm happened today, it could bring about devastating effects on humankind. An enormous solar storm has once devastated the Earth and could be brewing up just around the corner.
As NASA is allegedly preparing for the 'touch the sun' exploration next year, it is setting its mission which aims gather data and use it to protect Earth's extraordinary events like solar storms.