The beginning of September is not as quiet as one might expect. The sun has reverted to an active and fiery condition, generating potentially dangerous solar flares.
An M1-class explosion emanating from sunspot AR3413 lasted several hours on 1 September, peaking at 1:00 UT (6:30 IST).
This event has the potential to cause a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) to be ejected from the Sun’s atmosphere. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether this particular solar flare is aimed towards Earth.
A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is a large expulsion of magnetic fields and plasma mass from the Sun’s corona into the heliosphere. Meanwhile, another CME is on its approach, heightening fears of impending geomagnetic storms.
On 30 August, a fiery canyon appeared on the top of the sun. This resulted in a surge of CMEs from the sun shooting into space. This burst will reach Earth on 03 September, causing a mild geomagnetic G1-class storm.
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