can we survive what’s coming for us the sun’s radiant Heats is responsible for the existence of all life on Earth what transpires though if the radiation spirals out of control and suddenly hurls millions of tons of charred so solar material our Direction and thousands of miles per second what happens when a solar flare directly hits Earth and can on one powerful enough ever wipe out LiLife us know it on our planet well the world is poised to experience a solar storm like no other how damaging May a large solar storBetoto Earth in today’s Internet-connected world how will the geomagnetic storm affect today’s technology let’s find out the sun is a powerful magnetic star with swirling Cyclones that reach into its upper atmosphere and have a million-degree temperature it provides us with warmth and light AIDS in the growth of our crops and provides us with a chance to enjoy some much needed summertime Sunhuge explosions are possible when the energy that has been trapped in the magnetic fields of the sun is suddenly released
we refer to these outbursts also flares when the solar Orbiter spacecraft captured previously unseen photographs of solar Outburst on February 15 of last year NASA and the European space agency Esa made history in the astronomy community and have learned a lot more about these damaging processes on the subsurface because of this comprehensive view of the event however, NASAas have been keeping track of these solar flares and storms for a while and has discovered that the energy they unleash is vastly more than that of any nuclear bomb on Earth according to the Space Agenthethe exexplosions called solar flares are capable of releasing as much energy as a billion Megatons new solar storm barrels through space toward Earth we read about it in the
headlines because we all know about have read about it and are aware of it but how harmful might a powerful solar storm be you can be excused if you don’t take the space weather phenomenon that generates the stunning aurora seriously however, in actuality, it is one of Nature’smostt destructive forces it has happened before on Earth but we haven’t yet seen the full scope of it what exactly are solar flares caused by the sun’s magnetic field lines becoming Stretched and twisted which results in massive electromagnetic storms the size of forming on the sun’s surface solar flares are characterized by their powerful dazzling lights made of photon-like particles are observed using a variety of techniques most notably X-rays andOptical lights according to NASA
solar flares also speedup protons and electrons in addition to other particles additionally, solar flares are defined as the brief outward rupture of highly intense radiation that briefly resembles a burst of light these storms appear to use chilly dark spots on the sun called sunspots huge tendrils of magnetic field lines that surround sunspots twist Spin and occasionally shatter producing which are intense bursts of energy the majority of a solar Flare’s energy is radiated away as X-ray and ultraviolet radiation but a Flare’spowerful energy can also heat neighboring gas in the sun’ atmosphere causing neuronal mass ejections CMEs hug blobs of charged particles to be sent shooting into space ensuring CMEs will directly strike the earth in a flare-up
Sunspot is a planet usually taking anywhere between 15 hours and several days to gethereyou’ve probably experienced hundreds of ofCMEs whether you’ve heard of them or not according to the ASA the sun generates anything from one CME every weekday depending on where we are this 11-year cycle of activity Earth’s strong magnetosphere the majority of CMEspass past our planet completely unnoticed the general population however the largest and most powerful CME can compress the magnetic field of our world as they pass creating a geomagnetic to storm theatres are categorized according to their severity some create Global radio blackouts and radiation storms in the upper atmosphere others have a history causing issues such as extensive mobile phone outages and transformer explosions Additionally, they are capable of causing magnetic field variations that can be
felt on the Earth’s surface atoms and molecules in the Earth’satmosphere become electrically charged electromagnetic energy from the Sun enters our magnetosphere-producing effects that are visible all around the planet the Aurora Borealis which is normally only seen near the North Pole down far during such storms that it can be seen close to the equator but happily given now a great distance from Sun we do not have to flares in and of themselves the main threat to Earth though is the solar storm that will follow and to be honest, still won’t be enough to wipe out everyone in the world but it can take out power grids and communication systems of all kinds including the Internet and all the satellites that orbit the earth while the majority of the energy emitted by the sun is absorbed by the Earth’s atmosphere if a solar storm is powerful enough that energy can still reach Earth and harm country’s infrastructures it can affect the internet as well since the deep sea cables that deliver internet to the majority of countries contain certain equipment that can be damaged by a strong solar storm repair on these will take months furthermore no nation is prepared for such
a scenario you can picture the turmoil at our hospitals and other locations given that the majority of our medical infrastructure depends on electricity and the internet in actuality it is more than just conjecture NASA provides information on prior occurrences and the Damage that solar storms have wrought the Carrington event the most powerful geomagnetic storm ever observed occurred in September 1859 and interfered with telegraph networks all over
the world geomagnetically induced currents caused the Hydro Quebec power Network to collapse in March 1989. over 6 million individuals were affected by the global blackout that resulted from this incident which lasted more than nine hours additionally similar occurrences happened in the past when digital technology was still being developed and there were a lot fewer satellites in the sky than there are now why therefore did people on Earth care so much about satellite damage this is addressed by NASA in a post in an increasingly technological world where almost everyone relies on cellphones and GPS controls not just in your car map system but also airplane navigation and the extremely accurate clocks that govern Financial transactions space weather is a serious
the website read and that is what’s most worrying in the world where nearly everything including airplane stock exchanges hospitals and emergency services run on energy and the internet a direct hit on these channels will immediately put a stop to all of the solar storms that cannot harm humans directly can result in significant financial loss as well as the death of countless lives as a result of the system collapsing if any
affects solar flares may have on our health if they could cause such harm to machines and electronics these powerful bursts of radiation are nothing to worry about from a health perspective according to NASA harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground the space agency said in a
September 2017 statement however when intense enough can disturb the atmosphere the layer where GPS and communication signalsravelDr Gary agreed with NASA’s statement there potential health effects for anyone exposed to that high energy radiation we are protected because hose raisin particles get absorbed into our atmosphere some of this radiation may be more dangerous for in airplanes flying over the polecat high altitudes and occasionally fly paths are altered during periods of unusual solar activity there are only some safety concerns if the electricity goes out he added adding that there isn’t much to worry about for anyone on the ground, for instance, GPS and traffic light outages might make driving dangerous or hospitals could theoretically lose access to patient information, as we’ve already, is the study of the relationships between
Sun activity and human health and some scientists believe that there may be a negative relationship between the two 2018 study published in scientific reports suggests that alterations in the solar and geomagnetic environment could be the roots of some health problems in addition to aggravating existing conditions Disturbedgeomagnetic activity is linked to notable rises in cardiac arrhythmic cardiovascular illness the rate of myocardial infection-related death changes in blood flow elevated blood pressure and epileptic seizures in addition, a study from April 2014 found a connection between geothermalstorms and stroke risk among residents of
New Zealand Australia the UnitedKingdom France and Swedenthe findings were published in the journal stroke over a 23-year period the study correlated 11453 Hospital reports with daily geomagnetic activity and discovered that geomagnetic storms were linked to a 27greater risk of stroke among persons under 65 at a 19 greater risk overall the study was able to demonstrate cause and effect relationship and the researchers lacked comprehensive data on all individuals conventional cardiovascular risk factors however they hypothesized that
magnetic oscillations would affect blood pressure heart rate the capacity of the blood to clot or circadian rhythms all of which might have an impact on the risk of stroke even if the study’s presumptions were accurate less than three percent of all strokes occurred within the study’s period but considering that there are over 17 million Strokes worldwide each year that amounts to almost 500 000peoplealthough the effect of geomagnetic activity alone is modest in combination with other risk factors it could be extremely important the authors wrote in their
paper the closest star to us might not be a threat to Extinction but other stars close by mice when some Stars exhaust their fuel and die they explode in a massive Supernova that sends intense radiation into space for millions of light years in all directions these explosions are hundreds of times stronger than solar flares should one occur close enough to Earth
the dying star May expose our planet to so much ultraviolet radiation that it removes the ozone layer’s protection shield leaving Earth open to an onslaught of charged Interstellar particles according to the authors of a recent study this may occur approximately359 million years ago at the end of the Devonianod as a result of the demise of a star 65 light years from earth that’s 416 million to 358 million years ago seventy percent of the invertebrates onEarth died during a global Extinction that occurred at the end of this
time while experts are unsure of what caused the extinction may have been caused by exploding staff nevertheless evidenced by ultraviolet radiation damage found in fossil spores from the time of the extinction study’s authors expressed relief that there aren’t any supernova candidates nearby that might pose such a threat anytime soon we only need to be concerned about our cozy tiny sun and our atmosphere make sure
we stay on that star’s Pleasantsideadditionally NASA does maintain a careful check on our sun with satellites like Soho in case it decides to flare up our way and continue missions traveling towards the sun like the parker solar probe will gather enough information on our host star to Aidscientists in predicting Its Behaviorfor the time being scientists must keep a tight eye on our star in case it decides to interfere with our Pricelesstechnologythanks for watching another episode of voyager while you’re still here make sure to click the
