Massive Geomagnetic Solar Storm Likely To Hit Earth Today
confirmed on Tuesday that a halo coronal mass ejection (CME) was spotted racing towards the Earth.
NASA and NOAA
on Tuesday that the resultant geomagnetic storm will hit Earth on Thursday (April 14).
The two agencies said
It is a G2-class geomagnetic storm. On scale, G1 is a low-level storm & G5 is an extremely strong solar storm
Classification of
geomagnetic storm
The Geomagnetic
storm
that is expected to the Earth today is not that strong but it will surely have some consequences.
Should you stay at home?
the harmful ultraviolet, infrared and gamma radiation are all absorbed by the atmosphere and humans do not have any direct threat.
According to scientists,
also face disruptions, according to Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov
GPS users can