Solar Superflare Triggers Magnetic Storm Warning [Reading Science]

The solar surface explosion phenomenon (canyon of fire) captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] On the 3rd (Eastern Time, USA), a powerful explosion phenomenon on the Sun (canyon of fire) occurred, accompanied by a massive plasma pillar and a strong magnetic field solar wind, forecasting intense aurora activity in the Earth's northern hemisphere regions such as the Arctic later this week.

According to the US space news outlet Space.com on the 6th, the UK Met Office reported that through extreme ultraviolet satellites for solar observation and ground-based telescopes, two such phenomena were observed on the mid-southern surface of the Sun on the 3rd. It was a large-scale canyon of fire phenomenon with a depth of at least 20,000 km and a length exceeding 200,000 km. The canyon of fire phenomenon refers to a massive explosion caused by enormous energy on the Sun's surface, which reaches temperatures of 6000 degrees Celsius, resulting in a huge plasma pillar and a strong coronal mass ejection.

According to the UK Met Office, the first explosion occurred around 11 a.m. that day, followed by another massive canyon of fire phenomenon around 5 p.m. the next day.

This powerful explosion phenomenon on the Sun's surface is accompanied by a large-scale coronal mass ejection, which leads to the occurrence of magnetic storms, affecting Earth with communication disruptions and aurora phenomena.

The UK Met Office predicted that the magnetic storm caused by this canyon of fire explosion would reach Earth around 10 a.m. on the 6th, accompanied by a slight geomagnetic storm.