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A solar storm hits the earth on the first day of spring




Space weather forecasters have noticed a stream of solar winds coming toward us, which could hit Earth on March 19, the first day of spring.

Scientists said that the solar wind could lead to the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere. The stream of particles stems from the sun from a small hole on the surface of the sun, allowing winds to penetrate the solar system and move to its depths.

The Space Weather website reported global predictions: "A small current from the solar wind is expected to hit the Earth's magnetic field on March 19, which may cause the twilight to occur around the Arctic Circle. The gaseous material flows from a newly opened hole in the sun's atmosphere."



The aurora borealis occurs when solar particles strike the atmosphere, and when charged particles from the sun strike atoms in the Earth's atmosphere, which consists of different gases such as oxygen and nitrogen, those atoms are excited to give different colors with different degrees of altitude.

However, scientists also noted that the consequences of the solar storm and space weather could extend beyond the northern or southern lights, where the solar wind could heat the Earth's outer atmosphere, causing it to expand.

This could affect satellites in orbit, which could lead to a lack of GPS navigation and a mobile phone signal.

Earth's magnetic field protects humans from the hail of radiation that comes from sunspots, but solar storms can affect satellite-based technology.



In addition, the increase of particles can lead to high currents in the magnetosphere, which can lead to higher electricity than normal in power lines, which leads to the separation of electrical transformers and power stations and power loss.

This rarely happens, most recently, when the largest solar storm crippled technology in 1859, and a very strong rise in electricity occurred during what is now known as the "Carrington event", to the point that telegraph systems collapsed throughout Europe.


There were also reports of a fire in some buildings as a result of the increased electricity.

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