The press has lost so much credibility I don’t really believe this story.
I’m more apt to believe that an asteroid is coming dangerously close to earth, as we hear every week.
https://spaceweather.com/ Read it yourself.
LOL
What matters is we can blame it on Russia.
:-)
https://www.solarham.net/index.htm for Sun related info.
Good morning. Below is an updated look at the visible solar disk courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Solar activity since the X6 solar flare around AR 3590 has been quieter with only C-Flares detected. Coronagraph imagery confirms that a CME was not associated with that event. The active region will be squarely facing Earth over the next week, so should an actual CME be produced at some point, it will likely be directed our way. Other than the radio blackouts within the high frequency spectrum (3-30Mhz), all three X-Flares detected within the past 48 hours had no other impacts on our planet. Elsewhere, AR 3575 is now back in view and was reassigned AR 3591. So far it looks to be stable and no longer a threat for major solar flares. New AR 3592 and 3593 were also assigned and appear stable for now.
It should be noted that a coronal hole is now facing Earth and an elevated solar wind stream should reach our planet within 72 hours.
Lastly, a minor (G1) geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for February 25th. This is the result of a filament eruption on Wednesday in the NW quadrant. The resulting CME appears to be headed well ahead of our planet, so my confidence in the forecast is low. A further update will be provided whenever necessary.