Solar Storm Warning: Massive Explosion from a Nearby Star Might Affect Earth in Near Future

A solar storm warning has been issued due to the possibility of "swirling sun debris" hitting Earth in the coming days.

Dr. Tamitha Skov, a space weather scientist, has warned that the Sun's outburst will strike the planet's south.

"NASA forecasts reveal a recent filament eruption by late December 11 appears to deliver a glancing hit to the south of Earth," she added.

"On Earth's nightside, expect a little disturbance, although the aurora is probable at high latitudes with periodic amateur radio and GPS troubles."

Comparing EK Draconis and the Sun

A team of astronomers investigating EK Draconis recently witnessed the star spew plasma in an outburst ten times greater than any other Sun-like star ever recorded.

Their findings were published in Nature Astronomy. They said it closely resembles CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections) like Solar Storms.

Research co-author Yuta Notsu, an astronomer at UC Boulder and the National Solar Observatory, said, "The results enable us to enhance knowledge on how coronal massive mass ejections have happened during the 4.6-billion-year history of Sun-sized stars and our Sun itself."

"Although such large super CMEs happened far more frequently when our Sun was younger, this event can be used as a proxy for the hypothetical super CMEs linked with possible superflares that occur once per hundred or thousand years on our present Sun."

So maybe our Sun may produce a coronal mass ejection of equal size one day.

Even the weaker solar flares we encounter are enough of a nuisance; when directed at Earth, the phenomenon may disrupt electronics and satellite orbits. A significantly large coronal mass ejection would destroy those satellites and take out the entire electric system.

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