{"id":12401,"date":"2022-12-21T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12401"},"modified":"2023-01-07T13:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:51:40","slug":"magnetosphere-cracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/21\/magnetosphere-cracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetosphere Cracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from LiveScience<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth’s magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The storm is classed as a G1 storm, so is expected to be fairly mild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ben Turner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A giant coronal mass ejection bursts from the sun toward Venus on Sept. 5, 2022.\u00a0(Image credit: NASA\/STEREO)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A mysterious shock wave in a gust of solar wind has sent a barrage of high-speed material smashing into Earth\u2019s magnetic field, opening up a crack in the magnetosphere. The barrage of plasma could lead to a geomagnetic storm today (Dec. 19),\u00a0according to spaceweather.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shockwave\u2019s origins aren\u2019t exactly known, but scientists think it could have come from a\u00a0coronal mass ejection<\/u><\/a>\u00a0launched by the sunspot AR3165, a fizzing region on the sun\u2019s surface that released a flurry of at least eight solar flares on Dec. 14, causing a brief radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunspots are areas on the sun’s surface where powerful\u00a0magnetic fields<\/u><\/a>, created by the flow of electrical charges, knot into kinks before suddenly snapping. The resulting release of energy launches bursts of radiation called\u00a0solar flares<\/u><\/a>, or plumes of solar material called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Once launched, CMEs travel at speeds in the millions of miles per hour, sweeping up charged particles from the solar wind to form a giant, combined wavefront that (if pointed toward Earth) can trigger geomagnetic storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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