The Sun is approaching the peak of an 11-year cycle that brings heightened activity.
Severe geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to persist over the weekend, as the Sun approaches the peak of an 11-year cycle that brings heightened activity.
Severe geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to persist over the weekend, and come as the Sun approaches the peak of an 11-year cycle that brings heightened activity. Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in around eight minutes, CMEs travel at a more sedate pace, with officials putting the current average at 800 kilometres a second.
“Go outside tonight and look would be my advice because if you see the aurora, it’s quite a spectacular thing,” he added. If people have eclipse glasses, they can also look for the sunspot cluster during the day.NOAA’s Brent Gordon encouraged the public to try to capture the night sky with phone cameras even if they can’t see auroras with their naked eyes.
Spacecraft are also at risk from high doses of radiation, though the atmosphere prevents this from reaching Earth.
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