Tag: Hit Earth and Trigger Light

Some changes in space weather around Earth can already be observed today. More charged particles will lead to more auroral activity. Last Sunday (1/15), NASA confirmed that a solar storm would hit Earth on January 19. According to the agency, the effects of this phenomenon will begin to be felt from Wednesday (18), and possible auroras are expected in certain places in mid-latitudes. On January 14, magnetic field lines around a new sunspot, identified as AR3182, detected by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, have already erupted, causing a coronal mass ejection (CME)....