A celestial phenomenon that threatens to knock out the planet Earth.

An international organization warns that, in the coming months, a solar storm of great magnitude could affect energy networks, telephony and terrestrial navigation systems.

A celestial phenomenon that threatens to knock out the planet Earth.

However it happens to more than 149 million kilometers from home, the effects of a solar storm, with millions of plasma and charged particles dispersed through space, have a direct impact on our planet.

Several monitoring centers warning about the impact this could result in electrical power and telecommunications systems, should hit the Earth's magnetic field.

A year ago, the Sun, which changes its behavior in cycles of approximately 11 years, is in active phase, with peaks of maximum activity this month. This year, Earth could be hit by several solar storms of considerable magnitude, as anticipated Oceanographic Agency (NOAA). In fact, communication in some areas of the world were affected by mid-March by the same phenomenon.

In the case of a geomagnetic storm of medium intensity, satellite operation, and therefore of communications and navigation systems, it would be severely affected. A major storm could leave without electricity or oil for several days to entire cities.

Cristina Mandrini, director of the Solar Physics Group IAFE, CONICET-UBA, explains that "a geomagnetic storm can modify the Earth's magnetic field and reach the surface causing what is known as electromagnetic induction. This generates an increase in the intensity of power lines and overhead high-voltage lines and power generators ".

NASA estimated that every 150 years, the Earth is vulnerable to a large solar storm, as verified in 1859, named Carrington Event, which has earmarked 1,022 kilojoules of energy, equivalent to the explosion of 10 billion Hiroshima bombs . Today, this same phenomenon would have a global economic impact of 2 billion dollars with a scale damage ever recorded in history.

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