solar tsunami to hit earth | ‘Solar Tsunami’ to Hit Earth, Warns Scientists

A massive explosion was observed by scientists all the world which has sent a massive shock wave towards Earth, reports the Telegraph.

The wave of supercharged gas which will likely reach Earth on Tuesday was caused by a huge flare over gigantic sunspot equal to the size of our planet. It will hammer the Earth’s protective natural magnetic field and will give rise to more northern or southern lights even at low latitudes.

The danger brought on by these massive ‘solar

tsunami’, says scientists, is the potential to cause widespread communications disruption and power losses. NASA has warned that it could affect Britain and the some parts of Europe.

Dr Lucie Green, of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Surrey, used the Japanese orbiting space telescope Hinode to follow the developments:

What wonderful fireworks the Sun has been producing.

This was a very rare event – not one, but two almost simultaneous eruptions from different locations on the sun were launched toward the Earth.

These eruptions occur when immense magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere lose their stability and can no longer be held down by the Sun’s huge gravitational pull. Just like a coiled spring suddenly being released, they erupt into space.

Just last June, senior scientists have warned that the Earth could be hit with more magnetic energy

from the Sun as it awakens from “a deep slumber” sometime in 2013.

Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video

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