Powerful Solar Storm Expected to Disrupt Radio Signals

Powerful Solar Storm , Expected to Disrupt , Radio Signals .
'Newsweek' reports that a solar storm, caused by an
X-class solar flare that took place on New Year's Eve,
was expected to impact Earth on January 2. .
Experts warned that the resulting solar storm
could start disrupting radio signals and cause
bright auroras on that date.
The super #solarstorm launched
during a X4.98-flare New Year's Eve
will clip Earth. NOAA prediction
shows impact early January 2 (UTC), Tamitha Skov, space weather physicist, via X .
The storm should hit hard,
but last less than a day.
Expect bright, but short-lived
#aurora plus #radio signal
disruptions on Earth's nightside, Tamitha Skov, space weather physicist, via X .
The storm should hit hard,
but last less than a day.
Expect bright, but short-lived
#aurora plus #radio signal
disruptions on Earth's nightside, Tamitha Skov, space weather physicist, via X .
A solar flare is an ejection of electromagnetic
radiation, usually in the form of X-rays. .
Typically, solar flares are emitted from sunspots on
the surface of the sun and occur when magnetic fields
in those sunspots become reorganized or entangled.
The weakest are the A-class flares,
followed in intensity by the B-class,
C-class, M-class—these are
moderate—and the X-class, Gonzalo José Carracedo Carballal, astrophysics researcher
at Madrid's Instituto Nacional de Técnica, via 'Newsweek'.
According to Jesse Woodroffe, a program scientist in the
Heliophysics Division at NASA headquarters, solar flares are, "around a million times
stronger than a nuclear bomb.".
However, 'Newsweek' reports that a nuclear explosion takes
place in a highly localized position of time and space, while the energy emitted by solar flares spreads across a vast distance.
The X-class event on December 31 was the most
powerful on record since the beginning of the
current solar cycle, which started in December of 2019