Over the past week, increased activity has been observed on the Sun. At the same time, it usually grows on the Earth
Several CMEs orcoronal mass ejections (CME, Coronal mass ejections). Let us recall that this is the ejection of a large plasma cloud from the solar corona (the outer atmosphere of the Sun) or the explosion into space of billions of tons of particles moving at a speed of millions of kilometers per hour.
Solar activity November 21: a coronal hole in the southwest of the star caused geomagnetic activity.
Image: SDO and JHelioviewer
However, this does not pose a significant threat to the Earth:the upcoming geomagnetic storm is class G1. This is the weakest level. Therefore, the risk to infrastructure and communications is very low. However, bright northern lights are expected to appear.
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