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High-speed solar storm
July 14 , 2021
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- The Earth could be impacted by a powerful high-speed solar storm, approaching at a speed of 1.6 million kilometres per hour.
- This is according to the details shared by NASA.
- The storm originated from the Sun's atmosphere and can have a significant impact on a region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field.
- It is likely to disrupt satellite signals and communication networks, as well as interfere with GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV.
- It could also interfere with power transmission.
- Solar storms are huge bursts of charged particles, ejected from the Sun's atmosphere into space.
- The most powerful geomagnetic storm ever recorded resulted in the 1859 Carrington Event.
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