NASA Warns of Potential M-Class Solar Flares from Giant Sunspot Aimed at Earth
According to NASA, as we near the solar maximum, the Sun’s activity is projected to rise in the upcoming months. The solar minimum took place in 2019, signifying the beginning of the solar maximum phase, during which a significant increase in sunspots is anticipated. This phase is expected to reach its peak in 2025, potentially resulting in the Sun emitting CMEs, solar flares, solar storms, and other particles towards Earth, which could have catastrophic effects. Surprisingly, experts have recently disclosed that the Sun has already surpassed the anticipated number of sunspots for the current solar maximum.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which has a full suite of instruments to observe the sun, has recently revealed that Earth may be in the line of fire of a sunspot, and dangerous solar flares may be ejected, potentially wreaking havoc. .
A dangerous sunspot
According to a report by spaceweather.com, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) predicts that an active region on the Sun’s surface, called Sunspot AR3415, has a “beta-delta” magnetic field that could trigger a solar flare. There is a 90 percent chance of C-class flares and a 20 percent chance of M-class flares flying toward Earth today, August 28.
It says: “The Sunspot AR3415 has a ‘beta-delta’ magnetic field that contains energy for class M solar flares.
Additionally, while the chances are slim, the report states that there is also a 5 percent chance of X-class solar flares. For the uninitiated, X-class solar flares are the most dangerous flares emitted by the Sun. It can disrupt global communications and damage satellites. It has also been revealed that these flares can even give small doses of radiation to people flying in airplanes. Class X flares can potentially contain as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs!
About the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) uses three very important instruments to gather information about various solar activities. They include the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), which measures high-resolution longitudinal and vector magnetic fields across the entire visible solar disk, the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), which measures the Sun’s extreme ultraviolet radiation, and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. AIA), which provides continuous full-disk observations of the solar chromosphere and corona in seven extreme ultraviolet (EUV) channels.
