NASA warns of "MONSTER" solar flares that could hit "in a few years" | Science | New

The space agency has announced that, when the current solar minimum is exhausted, our host host would return to life with revenge. The sun has just entered a solar minimum and it should stay there for about 11 years. However, when the maximum of solar energy is triggered, the solar flares or "protuberances" they emit can be extremely powerful.

NASA said on its website: "Once our Sun has exceeded the current solar minimum, solar activity such as eruptive protuberances should become more common over the next few years."

The Space Agency illustrated this point by uploading a video of a 2011 "monster" solar flare, at the last solar maximum.

NASA said: "The dramatic explosion was captured under ultraviolet light in the 90-minute star video, in which a new image is taken every 24 seconds.

"The importance of importance is enormous: the entire Earth would fit easily under the curtain of hot gas.

"A solar prominence is channeled and sometimes held above the surface of the Sun by the Sun's magnetic field.

"A resting protuberance usually lasts about a month and can occur during a coronal mass ejection (CME) expelling hot gases into the solar system.

"The energetic mechanism that creates solar prominence is always a topic of research."

Solar flares can wreak havoc on global technology, as radiation blunting our planet warms the outside atmosphere, extending it.

This means that satellite signals will struggle to enter this sweltering atmosphere, resulting in a lack of Internet services, GPS navigation, satellite TV such as Sky and mobile phone signals.

In addition, the intensification of currents in the Earth's magnetic field – or magnetosphere – could theoretically lead to over-voltage of power lines, which could lead to the shutdown of electrical transformers and power plants, resulting in a temporary loss of electricity.

The sun follows cycles of about eleven years when it reaches a solar maximum then a solar minimum.

During maximum sunlight, the sun gives off more heat and is covered with sunspots. Less heat in a solar minimum is due to a decrease in magnetic waves.

The solar minimum should reach its peak in 2020.