Coronal mass ejection ionized the upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere last week; but there was not the impact that some scientists feared.
The upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere, especially in the Pacific Ocean area, took a kind of shake last week.
On Thursday, March 28th, there was a strong solar flarerelated to a coronal mass ejection.
Solar flares are powerful explosions of energy known to impact electrical grids, navigation signals, radio communications and can pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.
This explosion appeared at the bottom of the Sun and was so strong that ionized the upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere.
There was even a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean.
NASA classified this event as a class X1.1. “Class X notes the most intense explosions, while the number provides more information about their strength,” explains the US space agency.
However, as Live Science recalls, it could have been much worse. Scientists feared coronal mass ejection collided with Earth and generated a possible geomagnetic storm – affecting satellites and other infrastructure.
But, the very next day, on Friday, NASA announced that this phenomenon will in fact occur, but far from Earth.
Yes, whoever was waiting for the announced internet blackout in April this year, mixing a major solar eruption with the eclipse scheduled for next Monday… It seems like it won’t happen (the blackout).
