Massive Sunspot Heading Towards Earth, Details Here

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The European Space Agency (ESA) dappled the coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 26, 2022, through the Computer Aided CME Tracking system (CACTUs). According to the reports, astronomers have been noticing the sunspot AR3038, facing the Earth, for the past few weeks. The sunspot was expected to die out, but unfortunately, it grew three times its size.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) stores its data at Stanford University. The power outage in Stanford made it difficult for the astronomers to determine where the solar eruption is headed and what would happen if it reached Earth.

What will happen if a sunspot heads to earth?
 
CMEs can cause geomagnetic storms and are massive in size. If the sunspot is heading toward us, it can cause massive outages. The geomagnetic storm that occurs from a CME is capable of destroying entire power grids.

It can also cause issues with the navigational system as it can interfere with radio communications. Due to power outages, researchers are not able to see the direction of the sunspot, but according to them, the expected date of the CME hit on June 29.

However, they are constantly looking for another device to keep an eye on the movement of the sunspot.

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