Mysterious Sunspot Causes Power Outage on Earth

in the early hours of the morning August 14, 2024 There was a strong one on the sun Solar flareThe eruption peaked at 8:40 a.m. and caused a volcanic eruption. Power outages in radio and shortwave networks On India and the Middle East.

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Private sunspots break the law

What makes the X1-class eruption particularly interesting is its origin. It comes from that Sunspots AR3784Which has attracted the attention of researchers and aurora hunters because of its strange polarity.

Sunspots break 100-year rule: Hill-Nicholson law.This gives polarity Such sunspots. They would currently have their negative poles lined up west and their positive poles lined up east in the Sun's northern hemisphere. About 3 percent of the time, the spots line up in opposite directions.

However, sunspot AR3784 exhibits neither of these scenarios. Its positive pole points north and its negative pole points south. It is 90 degree rotation.

Solar flares arise mainly from these sunspots or sunspot groups. Magnetic fields A lot of energy can build up over time. When magnetic fields get twisted by movements on the Sun's surface, it can lead to “Electrical short circuit“Comes. Then the accumulated energy is explosively discharged.

Radiation affects the ionosphere.

This is mainly done by energy and X-rays Broadcast, which can cause radio blackouts on Earth. The radiation disrupts the Earth's upper atmosphere, which uses high-frequency shortwave signals to carry out long-distance communications.

However, solar flares are sometimes accompanied by coronal mass ejections, in which billions of tons of charged particles are thrown into space. These particles take approximately 1 to 3 daysTo reach the ground.

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When they hit the Earth's atmosphere, what is called Solar stormThese also affect radio frequencies and satellite communications; Impact on the electricity grid She has it on the ground. There is also a chance to strengthen it. Northern Lights Comes.