Some small space torches have already been created by AR2770 sunspot, which “has enabled small waves of ionization to ripple through the Earth’s upper atmosphere”.
New Delhi | Jagran Trending Desk: If you felt that a falling COVID-19 curve worldwide and an exceptionally low death toll in India because of it means that the worst for 2020 is over, then you will be wrong this year like any other Earth inhabitant. Over the next few days, a massively explosive sunspot will orbit its planet Earth, which is likely to result in strong flares emanating from the sun, and the former temperature-space status quo of the outer space region affecting the life on earth. However, it is not as disastrous as it seems on the face.
Why do solar flares occur now?
According to NASA, the sun continues with its natural 11-year cycle, and is the transition from periods of high to low activity, and back to high. The new cycle is usually triggered by a certain intensity of energy burst from the sun, which also happens this time, albeit on an unusual scale.
What are sunspots?
Sunspots are dark spots on the surface of the sun that are similarly colder than the rest of the star. These are formed as a result of interactions with the magnetic field of the sun, according to space.com
Sunspot which this time will result in solar flames
The AR2770 solar fleet is expected to grow in size, spaceweather.com reported with quotes from NASA officials. The report suggests that some small space torches have already been caused by AR2770 sunspot, which has ‘enabled small waves of ionization to ripple through the Earth’s upper atmosphere’.
But AR2770 is not a ‘killer’ for Earth
The last such event took place in 1989, and a markedly disruptive event of its kind (worst of all) took place in 1858 – called the Carrington event. Scientists say it will take at least about a century for a full-scale disruptive nature of solar flares to occur at the start of a new 11-year cycle. Clearly, 1989 to 2020 is a little more than three decades and so a major time wastage in satellite, as radio communications as the works of power grid are quite recoverable due to AR2770.
Strong solar flares have the potential to do the damage, but subsequent sun damage takes time, and thirty-one years is rather a small period on solar clock for that. Although a strong solar error of striking harmful attribute will sometimes occur later, but fortunately 2020 is not the time to worry about it.
Posted by: Abhinav Gupta
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