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It is quite common for the Land is struck by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) emanating from the sun, but is less normal when a “cannibalistic” ejection of highly magnetized, energetic gas strikes the planet; just like the one today, tuesday july 18 It will hit our home, which could cause massive failures in the Internet and in telecommunications, as scientists warned a few hours ago.
According to experts, it is expected that Today, Tuesday, July 18, 2023 a cannibal sun storm hit Earth hard which could cause massive faults worldwide in the Internet and in telecommunications. While cannibalistic ejections from the sun are unlikely to significantly affect satellites, networks and electronic systems, scientists warned that minor outages and blackouts are possible.
This was detailed by Sean Elvidge, associate professor of space environment at the University of Birmingham to the DailyMail tabloid, when assuring that these cannibalistic solar storms they manifest as major disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field, which could cause various effects on space weather: “on the one hand, they can result in radio blackouts, disrupting communication systems on our planet. On the other, these storms can produce northern lights.”
What is a cannibal solar storm and how do they form?
A ‘cannibal’ solar storm it is formed when an initial ejection is followed by a second, faster one that catches up with the first and sweeps it away to create a huge wave of plasma. “This can have significant consequences both in space and here on Earth. Land“, detailed the scientist Sean Elvidge.
“The collision of a cannibalistic solar storm like the one that will hit Earth today, Tuesday July 18, serves as a reminder of the immense power of the sun and its potential impact on our technological infrastructure and society.”
Four days ago; On July 14, along with another solar storm, the star also launched a “dark flare,” so called because it contains unusually cold plasma that makes it appear darker compared to the sun’s surface, then, 24 hours later, a second solar stormfaster, arose from a separate, much larger sunspot, which led to the creation of a cannibal cloud that is forecast to hit today to the earth.
The news that a solar cannibal storm will hit today, tuesday july 18 to Earth, which could cause massive faults in the Internet globally and in telecommunications, it was confirmed by the United States-based Space Weather Prediction Center, which created a simulation showing how this solar event will attack the planet in the next few hours of this day.
List of CATEGORIES of solar storms and their implications
This type of cannibalistic solar storms they are rare. The most recent one arose two years ago, which caused a great geomagnetic storm. These types of events and solar ejections are divided into different categories, according to the G scale. The one that is predicted to happen today, tuesday july 18 is of the weakest type (G-1), which can cause weak fluctuations in the power grid and have a minor impact on satellite operations.
The G-2 category is classified as moderate, G-3 is strong, where false alarms can be triggered in some protection devices, and G-4 is severe. A geomagnetic storm G-5 is the most serious and is classified as ‘extreme’ because it can cause blackouts, damage transformers and make it difficult to control satellites in low Earth orbit. Although these types of cannibalistic solar storms are rare, as the sun reaches its peak in the solar cycle every 11 years, they become more present. This peak will take place in 2025.
The reason why in these years and until 2025 the Sun will experience strong cannibalistic solar storms It is because in view of the end of its solar cycle that occurs every 11 years, the magnetic field of the star becomes increasingly unstable, which in turn increases the number of sunspots from which these events can arise that can cause failures in the Internet and telecommunications.
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