A massive explosion on the surface of the sun this week released billions of tons of plasma, which is set to hit Earth on Thursday.
The eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), is from the sun’s southwest region, sending plasma towards our planet with the help of the intense solar wind.
The forecast reports, however, that there is a 50 percent chance that the particles will disrupt satellites in Earth’s orbit and a 10 percent risk of power outages.
MEs can eject billions of tons of corona matter from the surface of the Sun. The material consists of plasma and magnetic fields.
Such volcanic eruptions have the potential to spark space weather that can interfere with satellites and power grids on Earth and can be harmful to unprotected astronauts.
It was taken by the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, which analyzes our Sun.
And just by fate, ejected coronal mass particles collide with Earth, as the stream was released from a coronal hole facing our planet.
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that Earth’s magnetic field will malfunction around 6 p.m. ET tonight and could continue into Friday.
