The Earth “hits” the powerful space cannon, about to receive more fireballs?-Information Technology

Australia, the Western Pacific and East Asia just experienced a radio wave loss on April 20, due to the Earth being hit by an X-class cosmic flare, causing a total of 19 large and small explosions.

According to the Center for Space Weather Prediction of the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Earth was hit by this flare at 3:57 am GMT on April 20, equivalent to 10:57 am on April 20. 4 in Vietnam.

We hardly know the moment the flare hits the Earth’s atmosphere, but certain regions have experienced interference and radio wave loss, which can cause problems for areas that need it. to radio and navigation systems, e.g. aeronautics and spaceflight.

The phenomenon also affects the localization of migratory organisms.

The sun with “explosive” activity from many locations – Photo: NASA

Cosmic flares are a powerful blast of energy that the Sun – which is in its most powerful phase in an 11-year cycle – shoots directly at Earth. Flares are divided into many types, type A is the weakest, then B, C, M, type X is the strongest. The last flare was rated X2.2, meaning extremely powerful, and was derived from sunspot AR2992.

It’s possible that Earth will continue to “get hit” more in the future, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is orbiting our “exploding” parent star.

According to Live Science, scientists around the world are learning about the recent incident and fear a common follow-up: A coronal mass ejection (CME), in the form of a giant fireball. by plasma rushing, collided directly into the Earth’s atmosphere, causing brilliant auroras and accompanied by a more serious effect on the electricity grid, radio – navigation systems.

Not long after the Type X flare, the U.S. Air Force reported a Type II radio-energy explosion, which could have been caused by a “previous” shock wave from the edges of the CME, the forecasting site SpaceWeather.com reports. , which can be considered as a sign of a fireball being launched.

However, according to NOAA, the possibility of an aurora is not great because the flare region is located outside the southwest edge of the Sun, so the CME created may not be fired in the direction of Earth.

Scientists are continuing to use the Solar Heliopheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly operated by NASA and its European partners, to continue monitoring the CME if available.