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SPACEWEATHER: A major solar flare approaching the X5 level is currently in progress
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Biggest solar storm in 19yrs may cripple internet, phones & power grids TODAY
Published: 5:23 ET, May 10 2024
Updated: 7:50 ET, May 10 2024
THE biggest solar storm in two decades could wipe out GPS satellites and power grids today, space weather forecasters have warned.
A severe geomagnetic storm alert has been issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - the first since 2005.
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Incredible photos show the huge explosions of plasma from the sun that sparked the severe storm alert
Incredible photos show the huge explosions of plasma from the sun that sparked the severe storm alertCredit: ZUMAPRESS.com
Footage shows a series of 'strong' solar flares from the sun's surface
Footage shows a series of 'strong' solar flares from the sun's surfaceCredit: X/Keith Strong
An image of a solar storm in space that can spark geomagnetic storms when directed at Earth (file image)
An image of a solar storm in space that can spark geomagnetic storms when directed at Earth (file image)Credit: Getty
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The powerful solar storm is expected to reach Earth on Friday, the US agency said.
And it warned the "unusual event" could disrupt GPS satellites, power grids, electronic devices - including mobile phones - and the internet as early as 12pm ET (5pm UK time).
It could also cloak parts of the world in a "spectacular display" of light, known as an aurora or the Northern Lights.
The UK's Met Office said there is "a chance that aurora may become visible to all parts of the UK".
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The rare storm alert comes after a series of "strong" solar flares - large explosions in the sun's atmosphere - that started on Wednesday.
Space weather watchers spotted five huge explosions of plasma from the sun - and it's these "mass ejections" that can cause geomagnetic storms when they reach Earth and disturb the magnetic field.
Scientists expect the eruptions to "merge and arrive at Earth" late on Friday or early Saturday.
Incredible photos showed sunspots "the size of 15 Earths" unleashing the solar flares that sparked the severe storm alert.
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NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said it "is monitoring the sun following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that began on May 8".
"Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday," it said.
Watch as the Sun blasts out FOUR solar flares in rare 'super' explosion that risks wreaking havoc on Earth
"Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend."
The agency warned that the geomagnetic storms "can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth's surface" - and "potentially communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations".
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It also could "wipe out the internet" - meaning it may affect use of mobile phones, scientists warned.
The Space Weather Prediction Center "has notified the operators of these systems so they can take protective action".
Professor Peter Becker of George Mason University explained there is only a short amount of warning for when the solar storms will head to Earth after flares begin.
“We can tell when they're actually going to head towards Earth,” Becker said, Fox Weather reported.
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“And that gives us about 18 hours of warning, maybe 24 hours of warning, before those particles actually get to Earth and start messing with Earth's magnetic field."
The last time the agency issued as severe geomagnetic storm watch alert was on January 20, 2005 when the world was hit with the highest levels of radiation in 50 years.
Solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The alert was issued at 2pm ET and a storm of energetic protons hit Earth just 15 minutes later - tripping radiation monitors all over world.
At the time, Richard Mewaldt of the California Institute of Technology, said: "This flare produced the largest solar radiation signal on the ground in nearly 50 years.
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"But we were really surprised when we saw how fast the particles reached their peak intensity and arrived at Earth."
The alarming sunspot photographed earlier this week was reportedly compared in size to the Carrington sunspot from 1859.
The Carrington sunspot resulted in “geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii,” Space Weather said.
There have been fears of an “internet apocalypse” if it repeats, the outlet added.
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It's feared the sun could wipe out humanity within the next 100 years when it unleashes a huge "super flare".
The storm of deadly radiation threatens to take out all technology on Earth, potentially causing trillions in damage and sending the planet into chaos.
Scientists have repeatedly warned of the danger superflares pose to mankind - and a 2019 study predicted one will hit in the next century.
Published: 5:23 ET, May 10 2024
Updated: 7:50 ET, May 10 2024
THE biggest solar storm in two decades could wipe out GPS satellites and power grids today, space weather forecasters have warned.
A severe geomagnetic storm alert has been issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - the first since 2005.
Advertisement
Incredible photos show the huge explosions of plasma from the sun that sparked the severe storm alert
Incredible photos show the huge explosions of plasma from the sun that sparked the severe storm alertCredit: ZUMAPRESS.com
Footage shows a series of 'strong' solar flares from the sun's surface
Footage shows a series of 'strong' solar flares from the sun's surfaceCredit: X/Keith Strong
An image of a solar storm in space that can spark geomagnetic storms when directed at Earth (file image)
An image of a solar storm in space that can spark geomagnetic storms when directed at Earth (file image)Credit: Getty
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The powerful solar storm is expected to reach Earth on Friday, the US agency said.
And it warned the "unusual event" could disrupt GPS satellites, power grids, electronic devices - including mobile phones - and the internet as early as 12pm ET (5pm UK time).
It could also cloak parts of the world in a "spectacular display" of light, known as an aurora or the Northern Lights.
The UK's Met Office said there is "a chance that aurora may become visible to all parts of the UK".
Advertisement
The rare storm alert comes after a series of "strong" solar flares - large explosions in the sun's atmosphere - that started on Wednesday.
Space weather watchers spotted five huge explosions of plasma from the sun - and it's these "mass ejections" that can cause geomagnetic storms when they reach Earth and disturb the magnetic field.
Scientists expect the eruptions to "merge and arrive at Earth" late on Friday or early Saturday.
Incredible photos showed sunspots "the size of 15 Earths" unleashing the solar flares that sparked the severe storm alert.
Advertisement
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said it "is monitoring the sun following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that began on May 8".
"Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday," it said.
Watch as the Sun blasts out FOUR solar flares in rare 'super' explosion that risks wreaking havoc on Earth
"Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend."
The agency warned that the geomagnetic storms "can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth's surface" - and "potentially communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations".
Advertisement
It also could "wipe out the internet" - meaning it may affect use of mobile phones, scientists warned.
The Space Weather Prediction Center "has notified the operators of these systems so they can take protective action".
Professor Peter Becker of George Mason University explained there is only a short amount of warning for when the solar storms will head to Earth after flares begin.
“We can tell when they're actually going to head towards Earth,” Becker said, Fox Weather reported.
Advertisement
“And that gives us about 18 hours of warning, maybe 24 hours of warning, before those particles actually get to Earth and start messing with Earth's magnetic field."
The last time the agency issued as severe geomagnetic storm watch alert was on January 20, 2005 when the world was hit with the highest levels of radiation in 50 years.
Solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The alert was issued at 2pm ET and a storm of energetic protons hit Earth just 15 minutes later - tripping radiation monitors all over world.
At the time, Richard Mewaldt of the California Institute of Technology, said: "This flare produced the largest solar radiation signal on the ground in nearly 50 years.
Advertisement
"But we were really surprised when we saw how fast the particles reached their peak intensity and arrived at Earth."
The alarming sunspot photographed earlier this week was reportedly compared in size to the Carrington sunspot from 1859.
The Carrington sunspot resulted in “geomagnetic storms set fire to telegraph offices and sparked auroras from Cuba to Hawaii,” Space Weather said.
There have been fears of an “internet apocalypse” if it repeats, the outlet added.
Advertisement
It's feared the sun could wipe out humanity within the next 100 years when it unleashes a huge "super flare".
The storm of deadly radiation threatens to take out all technology on Earth, potentially causing trillions in damage and sending the planet into chaos.
Scientists have repeatedly warned of the danger superflares pose to mankind - and a 2019 study predicted one will hit in the next century.
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What are geomagnetic storms and why do they produce such stunning light displays?
Sky at night lit up in pink hues with trees and a road below.
A long exposure photograph with the northern lights glowing in the night sky above the village of Daillens, Switzerland.(Keystone/Laurent Gillieron via AP)
Flares and coronal ejections shooting off from the Sun's surface struck the Earth overnight, causing a severe geomagnetic storm.
It was the strongest such event in about 20 years, leading to stunning aurora australis light displays in skies across southern parts of Australia and the southern hemisphere.
People in the northern hemisphere also saw and photographed stunning images of pink, red, green and violet skies brought on by the aurora borealis early on Saturday morning.
The solar event is predicted to continue over the weekend, bringing more bright aurora light shows with it.
But what are geomagnetic storms exactly, and how do they produce auroras?
What is a geomagnetic storm?
Geomagnetic storms originate from a specific type of activity taking place on the Sun.
Large "clouds" containing billions of tonnes of plasma embedded within an ejected magnetic field erupt from the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.
These eruptions are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
A close-up video of the Sun's surface shows its ever-changing landscape.
Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in about eight minutes, CMEs travel at a more sedate pace.
Officials put the current average at 800 kilometres per second.
These ejections sometimes travel towards Earth, where they can temporarily disturb the Earth's magnetosphere, resulting in geomagnetic storms.
The current storm was caused by an ejection that emanated from a massive sunspot cluster that is 17 times wider than Earth.
The Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) Space Weather Forecasting Centre issued a geomagnetic storm warning on Friday.
It categorised the storm as level G4, which is severe.
The G-scale is a measure of global geomagnetic activity, which refers to fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field. The G scale ranges from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).
"G4 geomagnetic conditions are expected on 10 May 2024, reducing to G3 with a chance of G4 on May 11," the bureau said.
What is causing the auroras?
Andrew Cole from the University of Tasmania's physics department says the auroras seen across the Earth's skies this morning are a direct result of the geomagnetic storm.
"About a day or two ago, the Sun had a large burst of magnetic activity and ejected a pretty big blob of material into space, and that happened to intersect with the Earth last night," Dr Cole said on Saturday.
"That disturbs the upper atmosphere and the Earth's magnetic field, which in turn causes charged particles to glow and produce the really beautiful southern and northern lights."
University professor Andrew Cole explains why stargazers were treated to a light show on Saturday morning.
He said multiple ejections looked to have occurred, with the first effectively clearing the way for a second one to strike Earth "much more quickly and more powerfully than predicted".
He said only strong geomagnetic storms produced light displays that were visible to the naked eye.
"[If] you get a really strong display, it can look like anything from a dim pinkish or greenish glow, which could just be on the southern horizon, to curtains of shimmering light or pillars extending up nearly vertically," he said.
"Typically the colours will be reddish or green, but in very, very strong auroras like this one, you can get violet as well.
"It's spectacular to see with the eye. It's actually kind of emotionally affecting — much more than a still photo because you can see things moving in real time.
"It's not a special effect. It's just nature doing its thing and on an enormous scale — the whole horizon lit up and changing from second to second, minute to minute."
How rare is this event?
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are happening all the time and, like other solar activities, they ramp up as the Sun approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle.
"The Sun goes through periods where it's quite active or it's very quiet, and we happen to be in an active phase at the moment," Dr Cole said.
While storms at level G1 can happen 1,700 times each cycle, G4 storms like the current one don't happen often.
YouTube Aurora australis is expected to occur more frequently and strongly as the Sun nears solar maximum.
Dr Cole said this geomagnetic storm, which was expected to continue into Monday, was "the strongest event of this kind to hit the Earth in about 20 years".
The last one of this strength occurred in October 2003 during a series of solar storms dubbed the "Halloween storms".
The last one before that took place in 1989, Dr Cole said.
"These events are rare enough that people remember the dates and keep them marked down for study," he said.
The most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history, known as the Carrington Event, occurred in September 1859.
It was named after Richard Carrington, the British astronomer who recorded a solar flare for the first time during the phenomenon.
Are geomagnetic storms dangerous?
Geomagnetic storms are not considered dangerous to human bodies.
However, they can cause power outages and impact satellite services, which can have devastating consequences.
The 2003 Halloween storms caused blackouts in Sweden and damaged power infrastructure in South Africa.
The BOM issued warnings that there could be similar disruptions here, and urged airlines and those in charge of the power grid to take precautionary steps.
Could the Carrington Event ever happen again?
The fluctuating magnetic fields associated with geomagnetic storms induce currents in long wires — including power lines — which can potentially lead to blackouts.
Excess currents on telegraph lines during the Carrington Event resulted in telegraph technicians receiving electrical shocks, and even caused some telegraph equipment to catch fire.
Long metal pipes can also become electrified, leading to engineering problems.
Spacecraft are also at risk from high doses of radiation, though the atmosphere prevents this radiation from reaching Earth.
Astronauts are also kept safe by a dedicated NASA team guiding those on the International Space Station to move to places within the outpost that are better shielded.
Animals such as pigeons that have internal biological compasses, however, can be affected.
Pigeon handlers have noted a reduction in birds coming home during geomagnetic storms, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Can I still see the southern lights?
Yes, there's a strong chance you can see the aurora australis again in eastern parts of Australia on Saturday night — but it may not be as bright as last night's display.
Geomagnetic events can last for days, but it's not known how long exactly this one will continue.
Stunning blue and pink colours highlight a pier.
The aurora australis over Port Arthur, Tasmania, on Saturday morning.(Supplied: Jules Witek Photography/Port Arthur Historical Society)
Dr Cole said people interested in seeing the display should go outside and check as soon as it got dark in the early evening because the Moon would set and provide "darker skies and better visibility".
But the most important thing, he said, was to find a spot that had clear skies and was away from city lights.
Early this morning in Australia, the southern lights were a bit obscured by cloud and the sunrise, Dr Cole said, while people in Europe were able to see much stronger displays later in the day.
Brent Gordon, from America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, encouraged the public to try to photograph the night sky with their phone cameras even if they could not see the lights with their naked eyes.
"Just go out your back door and take a picture with the newer cell phones, and you'd be amazed at what you see in that picture versus what you see with your eyes," he said.
ABC with wires
Sky at night lit up in pink hues with trees and a road below.
A long exposure photograph with the northern lights glowing in the night sky above the village of Daillens, Switzerland.(Keystone/Laurent Gillieron via AP)
Flares and coronal ejections shooting off from the Sun's surface struck the Earth overnight, causing a severe geomagnetic storm.
It was the strongest such event in about 20 years, leading to stunning aurora australis light displays in skies across southern parts of Australia and the southern hemisphere.
People in the northern hemisphere also saw and photographed stunning images of pink, red, green and violet skies brought on by the aurora borealis early on Saturday morning.
The solar event is predicted to continue over the weekend, bringing more bright aurora light shows with it.
But what are geomagnetic storms exactly, and how do they produce auroras?
What is a geomagnetic storm?
Geomagnetic storms originate from a specific type of activity taking place on the Sun.
Large "clouds" containing billions of tonnes of plasma embedded within an ejected magnetic field erupt from the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.
These eruptions are known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
A close-up video of the Sun's surface shows its ever-changing landscape.
Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in about eight minutes, CMEs travel at a more sedate pace.
Officials put the current average at 800 kilometres per second.
These ejections sometimes travel towards Earth, where they can temporarily disturb the Earth's magnetosphere, resulting in geomagnetic storms.
The current storm was caused by an ejection that emanated from a massive sunspot cluster that is 17 times wider than Earth.
The Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) Space Weather Forecasting Centre issued a geomagnetic storm warning on Friday.
It categorised the storm as level G4, which is severe.
The G-scale is a measure of global geomagnetic activity, which refers to fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field. The G scale ranges from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).
"G4 geomagnetic conditions are expected on 10 May 2024, reducing to G3 with a chance of G4 on May 11," the bureau said.
What is causing the auroras?
Andrew Cole from the University of Tasmania's physics department says the auroras seen across the Earth's skies this morning are a direct result of the geomagnetic storm.
"About a day or two ago, the Sun had a large burst of magnetic activity and ejected a pretty big blob of material into space, and that happened to intersect with the Earth last night," Dr Cole said on Saturday.
"That disturbs the upper atmosphere and the Earth's magnetic field, which in turn causes charged particles to glow and produce the really beautiful southern and northern lights."
University professor Andrew Cole explains why stargazers were treated to a light show on Saturday morning.
He said multiple ejections looked to have occurred, with the first effectively clearing the way for a second one to strike Earth "much more quickly and more powerfully than predicted".
He said only strong geomagnetic storms produced light displays that were visible to the naked eye.
"[If] you get a really strong display, it can look like anything from a dim pinkish or greenish glow, which could just be on the southern horizon, to curtains of shimmering light or pillars extending up nearly vertically," he said.
"Typically the colours will be reddish or green, but in very, very strong auroras like this one, you can get violet as well.
"It's spectacular to see with the eye. It's actually kind of emotionally affecting — much more than a still photo because you can see things moving in real time.
"It's not a special effect. It's just nature doing its thing and on an enormous scale — the whole horizon lit up and changing from second to second, minute to minute."
How rare is this event?
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are happening all the time and, like other solar activities, they ramp up as the Sun approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle.
"The Sun goes through periods where it's quite active or it's very quiet, and we happen to be in an active phase at the moment," Dr Cole said.
While storms at level G1 can happen 1,700 times each cycle, G4 storms like the current one don't happen often.
YouTube Aurora australis is expected to occur more frequently and strongly as the Sun nears solar maximum.
Dr Cole said this geomagnetic storm, which was expected to continue into Monday, was "the strongest event of this kind to hit the Earth in about 20 years".
The last one of this strength occurred in October 2003 during a series of solar storms dubbed the "Halloween storms".
The last one before that took place in 1989, Dr Cole said.
"These events are rare enough that people remember the dates and keep them marked down for study," he said.
The most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history, known as the Carrington Event, occurred in September 1859.
It was named after Richard Carrington, the British astronomer who recorded a solar flare for the first time during the phenomenon.
Are geomagnetic storms dangerous?
Geomagnetic storms are not considered dangerous to human bodies.
However, they can cause power outages and impact satellite services, which can have devastating consequences.
The 2003 Halloween storms caused blackouts in Sweden and damaged power infrastructure in South Africa.
The BOM issued warnings that there could be similar disruptions here, and urged airlines and those in charge of the power grid to take precautionary steps.
Could the Carrington Event ever happen again?
The fluctuating magnetic fields associated with geomagnetic storms induce currents in long wires — including power lines — which can potentially lead to blackouts.
Excess currents on telegraph lines during the Carrington Event resulted in telegraph technicians receiving electrical shocks, and even caused some telegraph equipment to catch fire.
Long metal pipes can also become electrified, leading to engineering problems.
Spacecraft are also at risk from high doses of radiation, though the atmosphere prevents this radiation from reaching Earth.
Astronauts are also kept safe by a dedicated NASA team guiding those on the International Space Station to move to places within the outpost that are better shielded.
Animals such as pigeons that have internal biological compasses, however, can be affected.
Pigeon handlers have noted a reduction in birds coming home during geomagnetic storms, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Can I still see the southern lights?
Yes, there's a strong chance you can see the aurora australis again in eastern parts of Australia on Saturday night — but it may not be as bright as last night's display.
Geomagnetic events can last for days, but it's not known how long exactly this one will continue.
Stunning blue and pink colours highlight a pier.
The aurora australis over Port Arthur, Tasmania, on Saturday morning.(Supplied: Jules Witek Photography/Port Arthur Historical Society)
Dr Cole said people interested in seeing the display should go outside and check as soon as it got dark in the early evening because the Moon would set and provide "darker skies and better visibility".
But the most important thing, he said, was to find a spot that had clear skies and was away from city lights.
Early this morning in Australia, the southern lights were a bit obscured by cloud and the sunrise, Dr Cole said, while people in Europe were able to see much stronger displays later in the day.
Brent Gordon, from America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, encouraged the public to try to photograph the night sky with their phone cameras even if they could not see the lights with their naked eyes.
"Just go out your back door and take a picture with the newer cell phones, and you'd be amazed at what you see in that picture versus what you see with your eyes," he said.
ABC with wires
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