New Delhi: The sun emitted what NASA is calling a "significant" solar flare on Saturday causing radio blackout for several minutes, could recur in the next few days hurting aviation and communication systems, scientists have warned.
The center reported that the solar flare could affect satellites and cause GPS errors.
Electrical power lines could be hit by extra current, and high frequency communications could be blocked when the radiation hits Earth.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. While the harmful radiation from the flare cannot pass through the Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where communications signals travel.
On Saturday, the brief X1-class flare erupted from a decaying sunspot and this was captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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The center reported that the solar flare could affect satellites and cause GPS errors.
Electrical power lines could be hit by extra current, and high frequency communications could be blocked when the radiation hits Earth.
Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. While the harmful radiation from the flare cannot pass through the Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where communications signals travel.
On Saturday, the brief X1-class flare erupted from a decaying sunspot and this was captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.
02/04/14 India TV News
