The Sun has entered the year 2020 in its 25th cycle and scientists expected this new cycle to be like the 24th, very calm. However, the Sun appears to be waking up from the silent period of its 11-year cycle and is “wild”. After in late January it triggered a coronal mass ejection that caused a geomagnetic storm in the land, destroying even dozens of satelliteshas now shown its fury with a massive solar flare captured by the Solar Orbiter.
According to ESA, this eruption, captured by the spacecraft, was the largest seen to date. Is the Earth in danger?
The sun is "wild"
Supposedly this 25th Solar Cycle should be quiet, but it was suspected that it would not be like the previous cycle, which occurred between 2008 and 2019. referred by the space agencythe image is impressive and shows the solar flare stretching millions of kilometers into space.
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured the largest solar flare flare ever observed in a single image along with the entire solar disk. Solar prominences are large structures of tangled magnetic field lines that hold dense concentrations of solar plasma suspended above the Sun's surface, sometimes taking the form of arcing arcs.
compliant by referred to several timesthese are often associated with coronal mass ejections, which, if directed towards Earth, can wreak havoc on our technology and everyday lives.
This latest event took place on February 15 and spanned millions of kilometers into space. The coronal mass ejection was not directed towards Earth. In fact, it's traveling far away from us. There is no signature of the eruption in the solar disk facing the spacecraft.
