On Thursday, September 7, at 18. 00 in Kiev time, scientists recorded a second powerful flash on the Sun, which also received the highest activity class - X. The previous ejection happened a day earlier.

NASA writes more details about the release.

According to the reports of astronomers, on September 6, such a powerful outbreak on the Sun was recorded for the first time in 12 years. The reason for the energy release was the merging of the two largest groups of sunspots, which subsequently also led to a superheating of the surface of the star.

Similar outbreaks throw huge amounts of energy into the surrounding space. In a matter of minutes, up to a trillion megatons of TNT. Scientists emphasize that this is only a fifth of the energy that the Sun emits in a second, but this is all the energy that, under the conditions of modern production, can produce a million people.

The second energy explosion on the Sun happened in less than a day. As reported by the Laboratory of X-ray Astronomy of the Sun of the Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a large release of a solar substance was also recorded on September 7, which, like its predecessor, was directed to Earth.

The scientists say that the speed of the ejection is still difficult, but, based on preliminary studies, it was at least 1,000 km per second. Accordingly, by the evening of September 8, the ejected clouds of plasma will come to the planet.

The characteristic size of such clouds at the time they reach the Earth's orbit can be 100 million kilometers or more. That is, in addition to the impact on the Earth's magnetic field, for the next few days the planet expects to dive into a red-hot substance, which was yesterday a part of the Sun's atmosphere.

Scientists are not yet able to predict the consequences of the forthcoming impact on the Earth - note that everything depends on the direction of the magnetic field of the cloud and the cosmic weather.

In turn, the world observatories have already formed a preliminary forecast of space weather for the next few days. In the next 72 hours, no less than 24 hours of magnetic storms are expected to occur in 1-2 strengths on a 5-point scale. If the direction of the ejection field turns out to be unfavorable for the Earth, the planet is most likely waiting for the largest magnetic storm in the last 7 years.

According to some estimates, especially in the sunlit part of the Earth, it will be possible to observe a complete failure of cellular communication, GPS and power supply systems. Especially scientists warn airports and air services, which may face synchronous failure of on-board systems and devices, which will lead to forced mass landing of aircraft without satellite positioning.

The arrival of solar matter to the Earth was expected already in the evening of September 8.

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