Geomagnetic storm

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WOW watch the result of the strongest geomagnetic storm in nearly 6 years over northern Norway 3 nights ago 🤯 | geomagnetic storm, storm

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

The storm began late Monday night and has since climbed to an intensity of G4 on the five-point scale.

✅GEOMAGNETIC STORM led to the destruction of the 40 Starlink satellites. ✅When CMEs strike the Earth, they cause geomagnetic storms that disrupt the Earth's magnetic field. ✅They are caused by the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. ✅The most famous geomagnetic storm of all time was the Carrington Storm of 1859. ✅The Starlink programme is a satellite communication system manufactured by SpaceX

“Extreme” Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth, May Affect Satellites, Spacecraft A powerful and rare geomagnetic storm has struck Earth, prompting concerns about potential disruptions to criti…

Planet Earth is surrounded by a system of magnetic fields known as the magnetosphere. This vast, comet-shaped system deflects charged particles coming from the sun, shielding our planet from harmful particle radiation and preventing solar wind (i.e., a stream of charged particles released from the sun's upper atmosphere) from eroding the atmosphere.

The hot material, known as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) erupted from our closest star on Jan. 30 following an enormous solar flare.

As you read this, a huge cloud of charged solar particles is speeding toward our planet, a coronal mass ejection resulting from the X1.4-class flare that erupted from sunspot 1520 on July 12. The CME is expected to collide with Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, potentially affecting satellite operations and tripping alarms on power grids, … Continue reading "Incoming! CME On Its Way Toward Earth"