G4class

The Sun entered solar cycle 25 in 2019 and it is expected that it will hit its peak in July 2025. And this is the main reason why the Sun has suddenly become so violent. The Earth is in for a rough ride. A powerful Coronal Mass Explosion (CME) hit Earth and sparked a terrifying G4-class Geomagnetic Storm. This storm was so powerful that it sparked auroras all over the world which could be seen from afar.Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day is a snapshot of stunning auroras sparked by the G4-class Geomagnetic storm,…

For a couple of days, the Earth has been awaiting the solar winds that were released from a massive coronal hole in the atmosphere of the Sun. There were some concerns that a solar storm event so close to the vernal equinox (spring equinox) could give rise to an extremely powerful storm, and it turns out the fears were not unfounded. Yesterday night, March 23, huge amounts of solar winds entered the upper atmosphere of the Earth through a crack open in the planet's magnetic field and sparked a severe G4-class geomagnetic…