Solar Flares Could Affect Power Systems
From Times Wire Reports
Four solar flares and a pair of powerful magnetic gas clouds spawned in a monster sunspot were headed for Earth and could affect power systems, satellites and some radio transmissions this weekend, a top space weather forecaster said.
They might also provide a dazzling display of the northern lights if they arrive at night, said Gary Heckman, senior forecaster for the U.S. Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo.
The solar flares--explosions in the sun’s atmosphere--and the fast-moving magnetic gas clouds, known as coronal mass ejections, were hurled at Earth from the biggest sunspot scientists have seen in the last decade.
