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Scientists have announced that several coronal mass ejections that occurred on the Sun reached the Earth at once. As a result, several magnetic storms are expected on our planet at once, according to space weather tracking website Spaceweather..
Magnetic storms will cover the planet on May 2 and 3. As a result, auroras can be observed on the planet at high latitudes..
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Coronal mass ejections originated from sunspot AR3288 and nearby plasma filaments.
Magnetic storms are disturbances of the Earth's geomagnetic field with different duration and intensity..
They are associated with the streams of charged particles that the Sun throws out.. Magnetic storms can cause disruptions in communication, as well as affect the well-being of the elderly and weather-dependent people.. In particular, they may experience headache, dizziness, nausea, joint pain, fatigue, insomnia.
Recall that on April 21, a “slow” coronal mass ejection reached the Earth.. Usually such plasma flows take several days to reach the Earth, this one flew to the planet for a week.