A solar cyclone large enough to ‘swallow the Earth’ explodes above the Sun; Will it cause a solar storm?
Recently, a large solar cyclone 20,000 km high broke out on the Sun. With an increase in solar activity, could it be possible to send a large solar storm moving in the direction of the Earth? Find out.
As we near the peak of the current solar cycle, also known as the Sun’s maximum, in 2023, the Sun is more active than ever. Just last week, on June 21, a massive 20,000 km wide Solar Cyclone was detected erupting on the surface of the Sun. This tornado is so huge that it is claimed that the power of a tornado can swallow the entire Earth. Usually such solar eruptions are part of the solar flares or solar mass ejections (CMEs) that normally cause solar storms on our planet. So the question is whether this solar vortex is also capable of causing something similar to Earth. Given the high intensity of the eruption, if it created a solar storm in the direction of our planet, it would cause some major damage.
Solar cyclones are not a new phenomenon. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been observing it for years, and it was initially debated whether it was actually a tornado or a misinterpretation of viewing a 3D object in the environment. 2D field. Since the Sun lacks an Earth-like atmosphere and has no atmospheric pressure, tornadoes like Earth’s are unlikely on the star. However, after many observations, the space agency came to the conclusion that the motion is indeed like a tornado. A solar tornado is described as an eruption of plasma that moves in a vortex pattern due to magnetic fields entangled in those regions.
Will solar tornadoes cause solar storms on Earth?
Although a solar cyclone by itself poses no danger to Earth due to the large distance between the two celestial bodies, it carries the risk of causing strong solar storms in the direction of the Earth. The prominence of the sun causes a tornado that behaves exactly like a solar flare, where an unstable region of the Sun undergoes burning and ejects powerful waves of solar matter into the atmosphere. outer space of the star.
However, unlike a solar flare, solar materials are not released into space to move outward during a solar tornado. The strong magnetic field pulls it back and causes it to swirl to create a tornado-like shape and then all the solar matter falls back to the surface. As a result, there are no solar storms that cause the particles to launch in the direction of the Earth. It should be noted that if the tornado released charged particles towards Earth, it could lead to an intense solar storm that could damage satellites and disrupt communications on Earth.
