The soleil in all its glory. The scientists of the NASA discovered a hole in the sun. Remember, already last year, three holes on the surface of the star gave the impression that he was smiling at us. A photo that had gone around the world at the time.
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This time, the hole spotted by observers impresses for two reasons. The first, its size. Since it would measure more than 20 times the Earth. The second, its timing. A short week after a first hole caused a geomagnetic storm surprisingly powerful.
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Northern Lights
What could be the consequences of such a phenomenon? Well, in the first place, this hole will release solar winds of extraordinary power, which could reach a speed of slightly less than 3 million kilometers per hour. According to our English colleagues from Skythe satellite of the European Space Agency Solar Orbiter would have already spotted winds reaching 700 km/s on Wednesday.
As a result, a geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth again on April 1. A storm which should be less powerful than that of last week, but which should bring new northern Lights. And perhaps new disturbances at the level of the satellites.
A large hole capable of generating solar winds north of a million miles per hour has appeared on the surface of the sun for the second time in a week https://t.co/uSB3ZP2D13
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 29, 2023