Solar Storm From Earth : Christmas solar storm to batter Earth as flare blasts from ... - A solar storm is a term used for atmospheric effects felt on earth from certain events that occur on the sun.
Solar Storm From Earth : Christmas solar storm to batter Earth as flare blasts from ... - A solar storm is a term used for atmospheric effects felt on earth from certain events that occur on the sun. . A solar storm — a disturbance in earth's magnetic field caused by changes in solar wind — is forecast to hit earth this week, the space weather prediction center (swpc) has warned. Solar storm clouds such as coronal mass ejections (cmes) sweep aside cosmic rays when they pass by earth. They lift off the sun and send their fastest particles sleeting radiation across interplanetary space. After all, in order to affect us on earth, the solar storm would have to happen on the side of the sun facing earth. In reality, it's an unbelievably huge ball of molten gases that's constantly in flux. Shows images of cmes erupting from sun with outlines recorded by solar stormwatch volunteers overlaid (right), and the predicted movement of the cme based on the new solar ...