Solar storm speeding toward Earth could affect radio, GPS signals on Friday
The geomagnetic storm may affect satellite operations and could even lead to weak power-grid fluctuations.
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The geomagnetic storm may affect satellite operations and could even lead to weak power-grid fluctuations.
The geomagnetic storm may affect satellite operations and could even lead to weak power-grid fluctuations.
The 'once-in-a-generation' space rock was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory in California in March last year while inside Jupiter 's orbit.
Tonight, lucky skywatchers in Britain might just have a chance of spotting the aurora borealis, as it creeps as far south as Edinburgh in Scotland.
One of the solar flares caused a brief radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean when it struck Earth at 14:42 GMT (09:42 ET) yesterday (Wednesday), according to SpaceWeather.com.