Posted on 05/15/2025 8:10:59 AM PDT by DFG
On Tuesday, astronomers watched as a vast 'bird wing' eruption sent waves of superheated plasma surging across the sun's northern hemisphere.
At over 600,000 miles long (one million km), the filament of solar material was more than twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon.
Now, scientists predict that part of this filament eruption could hit Earth tomorrow.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, aurora chaser Jure Atanackov predicted that the full force of this eruption could trigger a severe or even extreme geomagnetic storm, the highest level on official rating systems.
Stunning video recorded by NASA's solar observation satellites shows the moment that filaments of plasma 75 times larger than Earth peeled away from the sun in a pair of sweeping 'wings'.
Most of the material was shot out of the sun's north pole, so it will mostly avoid Earth.
However, astronomers say that Earth will probably receive a glancing blow from the wake of the passing storm.
That means there is an increased chance of being able to spot the Northern Lights and a risk of disruption to electrical equipment.
Solar filaments are dense ribbons of cooler solar plasma which are suspended above the sun's surface by powerful magnetic fields.
When these magnetic fields become unstable, they can release the filaments in a violent eruption.
Jake Foster, astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, told MailOnline: 'Loops of hot plasma can sprout up from the Sun’s surface, following along its magnetic field lines, and occasionally they break free and shoot off into space at high speeds.'
Sometimes this triggers an event called a coronal mass ejection, a wave of plasma and magnetic fields which is launched into space.
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That’s a good one. When I was first presented with a ‘mouse’ I learned to use it by playing solitaire...
Headline designed to scare, and make you read.
Body of the article says that “part of this .... could hit Earth” “Earth will probably receive a glancing blow”. So it’s not the end of the world and the papers can go back to trying to trash Trump.
Well there was Dynasty back in the day.
The Earth is lashed by massive amounts of solar radiation every second and there is NOTHING we can do about it. If the sun wants to scorch the surface of the Earth, it will, I just say stay prayed up ‘cause if you die peacefully in your bed surrounded by loved ones or are burnt to a crisp while you walk down the street, you gonna wind up in the same place, facing the same God.
The Night of the Triffids?
AURORA WARNING ISSUED FOR MARS: Yesterday’s X2.7-class solar flare hurled a CME into space. It won’t hit Earth, but it will hit Mars. According to a NASA model, the CME will reach the Red Planet on May 18th. The impact could spark global auroras and erode a small amount of the planet’s carbon dioxide atmosphere. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Sun tan cancelation issued for 5/16/2025
They became aware of this on Tuesday, so that means the disruption would have been Wednesday right?
you win the thread
I wish I knew for sure NOW so I wouldn’t feel guilty about breaking my diet.
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