As a part of Sun’s normal 11-year cycle, the largest storms flare in five years. Is racing toward Earth and seems to disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services, especially in northern areas.
As per forecasters, the sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking more blasts Earth’s way around 4 a.m. EST today and the storm is growing as it races outward from the sun, expanding like a giant soap bubble.
However the flare effects could linger through Friday morning, as another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this. Joe Kunches, a scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado said, “It’s hitting us right in the nose.”