A coronal mass ejection has pushed high-intensity plasma and radiation into the inner planets of our solar system’s brightest star, the sun. On Wednesday and Thursday, the coronal mass ejection is expected to hit Earth.
According to the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India, a halo coronal mass ejection was detected from the sun and could cause space weather events. The CME could impact Earth on April 14 at a speed of nearly 20,69,834 kilometers per hour, according to the center.
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//CESSI SPACE WEATHER BULLETIN//11 April 2022//SUMMARY: SILENT TO MODERATE SPACE WEATHER CONDITIONS// On April 11, a halo CME was detected by SOHO LASCO. Our model fit indicates a very high probability of an impact on Earth on April 14, 2022 at speeds between 429-575 km/s + pic.twitter.com/MRFNuLI2hS
— Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (@cessi_iiserkol) Apr 11, 2022
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the coronal mass ejection as it burst from the corpse of ancient sunspot AR2987, shooting debris directly toward Earth. A full-halo CME erupted at the explosion site shortly after the explosion, according to spaceweather.com. Experts believe the collision could trigger a G2-class geomagnetic storm.
CMEs generally take several days to reach Earth, although some of the strongest storms arrive in as little as 18 hours. When a CME collides with the Earth’s magnetic field, it causes a major disturbance in the magnetosphere due to the extremely efficient flow of energy from the solar wind to the space environment around the Earth. This is called a geomagnetic storm
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High-level solar activity, new geomagnetic storm approaching pic.twitter.com/ZsYPvfDRQs
— VOP Today News (@VOP_Today) Apr 12, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) confirmed the event, warning Thursday of a G2-class geomagnetic storm and the risk of a solar radiation storm on Wednesday.
When geomagnetic storms collide with the Earth’s magnetic field, they are known to cause radio outages and, if they strike directly on transformers, power outages will occur.
Cover image: Twitter/NASA