NASA WARNING: ‘Otherworldly bubbles’ smashing into Earth could wreak havoc with satellites

The space blobs, which are 50 to 500 times the size of Earth, ooze from the Sun every 90 minutes or so.

But when giant blobs of solar wind collide with the magnetosphere, they can trigger interference with satellites and everyday communications signals, ScienceDaily.com reports.

Mr Di Matteo found the blobs in data collected by two Helios spacecraft launched in 1974 and 1976 by NASA in collaboration with Germany.

Commenting on his findings, the space physics PhD student at the University of L’Aquila in Italy said: “It’s too perfect!

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