The Russian Federation's RT channel on the afternoon of November 14 quoted reports from scientists from many countries saying that a major solar storm, considered the second strongest in five years and lasting more than forty hours, hit Earth this week. This natural phenomenon created colorful Aurora Borealis displays across the Northern Hemisphere.

In a statement released on November 14, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said a giant solar flare was recorded earlier in the day (see video below. Source: Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

The event originated from the same region that produced an even more powerful flare two days ago, which previously caused the most severe solar storm since May 2024.

According to Russian scientists, “contrary to predictions, the flares show no signs of decreasing, but on the contrary, are increasing.”

In a separate statement, the Space Research Institute estimated the solar storm to be a G4.7 on the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricane scale and lasting about 42 hours.

According to RT, NOAA's scale is internationally recognized, in which level G5 is the highest, indicating an event at the "extreme" level.

On November 12, the British Geological Survey announced that the “cannibal storm” had disrupted communications and degraded the accuracy of the global positioning system (GPS).

A geomagnetic storm occurs when electrically charged particles from the Sun's atmosphere are launched toward Earth in coronal mass ejections.

These are massive explosions of plasma and magnetic fields that are launched from the Sun’s outer atmosphere into space. When these charged particles collide with the Earth’s magnetosphere, both technology and sensitive people can be negatively affected.

The latest geomagnetic storm has created a spectacular display of the Northern Lights (see video below. Source: X) across the Northern Hemisphere, which has been visible in recent days, especially in Canada and the United States. The colorful phenomenon, which usually only appears near the Arctic Circle, has been visible this week as far away as Florida and Alabama.

On November 14, Space.com quoted a NASA official as saying that astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) had to take shelter in a better-protected compartment due to the increased risk of radiation exposure from incoming high-energy particles.

According to baotintuc.vn

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