{"id":782157,"date":"2024-05-10T13:40:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T18:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=782157"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:40:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T18:40:49","slug":"a-huge-solar-storm-is-hurtling-toward-earth-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=782157","title":{"rendered":"A huge solar storm is hurtling toward Earth : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n The solar flare as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 9, 2024. The flare has triggered a severe geomagnetic storm watch for the first time in nearly 20 years.
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The solar flare as captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 9, 2024. The flare has triggered a severe geomagnetic storm watch for the first time in nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n

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Planet Earth is about to get rocked by the biggest solar storm in decades. <\/p>\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is warning that a series of solar flares will slam into the Earth over the next few hours and days, potentially disrupting communications and navigation, triggering power outages, and damaging satellites. <\/p>\n

The most powerful wave of charged particles is expected to hit Earth’s atmosphere later tonight. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center says that it may induce auroras visible as far south as Northern California and Alabama.<\/p>\n