Solar storm causes ionization-related headaches for airlines
Solar flare: The effects of a massive solar flare that erupted on the sun Sunday are expected to be felt on Earth on Tuesday.
A gigantic solar storm occurring on the surface of the sun — and the torrent of charged plasma particles that it unleashed on Earth — have been causing headaches for airlines. But relief is on the way, a NASA research scientist says.
Solar flare: The effects of a massive solar flare that erupted on the sun Sunday are expected to be felt on Earth on Tuesday.
Late last night (Jan.22) at around 11 pm ET a giant, long lasting, solar flare erupted off the face of the Sun, sending a giant Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) – cloud of plasma and charged particles – squarely towards the Earth.
The influx of particles from the CME amplified the solar radiation storm such that it is now considered the largest since October 2003. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has categorized it as a “strong” — or S3 (with S5
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