New Method Can Detect 'Stealth' Solar Storms Before They Strike Earth ANDY TOMASWICK, UNIVERSE TODAY 25 JULY 2021 Space is full of hazards. The Earth, and its atmosphere, does a great job of shielding us from most of them. But sometimes those hazards are more powerful than even those protections can withstand, and potentially catastrophic events can result.
Some of the most commonly known potential catastrophic events are solar flares. While normal solar activity can be deflected by the planet's magnetic field, resulting in sometimes spectacular auroras, larger solar flares are a danger to look out for. Extremely large coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are relatively rare, and when they do happen they normally aren't pointed at Earth.