Solar storm warning: NASA predicts direct Earth hit from ‘fast’ impact– Where will it hit?

Billy Teets, an astronomer at Vanderbilt Univesity in Tenessee, explained that the deposits of energy this creates cause the atmosphere to fluoresce around the poles.

Though making for a beautiful spectacle for some, solar storms can have damaging effects on the planet’s logistical and navigational systems.

The NOAA warn: “While the storms create beautiful aurora, they also can disrupt navigation systems such as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and create harmful geomagnetic induced currents (GICs) in the power grid and pipelines.”

Large solar storms, in the form of coronal mass ejections, can have devastating effects on the Earth and human infrastructure.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1586571/Solar-storm-warning-NASA-impact-direct-Earth-hit-location-aurora-Northern-Lights-latest