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The US Air Force reported a Type II solar radio burst soon after the explosion, indicative of a fast-moving CME. Estimates suggest the CME's velocity could surpass 2100 kilometers per second
The event offers invaluable insights into the effects of solar outbursts and how planetary magnetic fields and atmospheres shield against them, additionally providing information crucial for protecting astronauts.
An impending collision between a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection (CME) and Earth is expected to occur on July 18, potentially triggering a significant geomagnetic storm.
Chris Crockett got his Ph.D. in astronomy from UCLA in 2011 and worked at Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory. He then realized he enjoyed talking about astronomy a lot more than actually doing it. After being awarded a Mass Media Fellowship in 2013 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he spent a summer writing for Scientific American, then went on to become the staff astronomy writer at Science News from 2014 - 2017. These days, he freelances, focusing on stories about astronomy, planetary science, and physics. His work has appeared in Science News, Scient...
The charged particles from the Sun interacted with Earth's magnetosphere in a G3-class geomagnetic storm that triggered auroras in lower latitudes.