The most powerful geomagnetic storm in 6 years: the sun has inflicted a rare double stroke on Earth (photo)

In the sun, there was a rare double outbreak of X-class, which caused the strongest geomagnetic brown G4. In the sun, the most powerful explosion occurred, that is, an outbreak of X-class, which was a simultaneous release of radiation and energy from two separate sun spots. In this case, the coronal ejection of the mass, that is, the release of a fierce magnetized plasma to the side of the earth.

This has led to the emergence of the strongest geomagnetic storm on our planet in the last 6 years, writes Live Science. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! The most powerful solar outbreaks belong to class X and sometimes there are rare explosions in the sun, called cute solar flares.

These are simultaneous explosions in the sun that occur in different sun spots, but their energy and radiation are combined when they enter space. Two simultaneous explosions occurred in the sun in spots called AR3614 and AR3615, which separates from each other a few hundred thousand kilometers. As a result of the combination of explosive events on March 23, a rare double solar outbreak of class X1. 1 emerged. It was accompanied by a powerful emission of very hot plasma into space.

The NASA spacecraft observed this event. On March 24, the radiation and plasma that left the sun crashed into the Earth's protective magnetic field, which led to the appearance of the G4 geomagnetic brown in more than 6 years. Geomagnetic G1 levels are considered to be the weakest, and the G5 level is the strongest. For the last time, such a strong geomagnetic storm arose on Earth in September 2017.

During the impact of solar particles and radiation, the magnetic field weakened, which allowed the particles to penetrate deeper into the Earth's atmosphere, and as a result, polar glows arose far from the polar regions. Scientists believe that this explosive event in the sun is another sign that our star still reached the peak of its activity during the 11-year solar cycle. This peak is known as the sunshine.

On this basis, scientists expect the emergence of explosions of the same power and the appearance of the strongest geomagnetic storms. As the focus has already written, NASA scientists were able to study the characteristics of several dozen coronal emissions of the mass from the sun. These plasma flows affect space weather, which, for their part, affects our planet.