The scientist spoke about the impact of powerful solar flares on human health

A magnetic storm can reach Earth within a day due to the ejected plasma from powerful solar flares. A leading researcher at the Space Research Institute (IRI) spoke about this possibility on Monday, February 2 WOUNDED Nathan Eismont.

According to him, scientists are still figuring out the trajectory of the emissions, and it will take 12 hours.

"It will be necessary to observe where this outburst went. If it hits the Earth, then the aurora borealis, which will be at low latitudes, will be pleasant. One of the unpleasant ones is the disturbance of the ionosphere. This means [that there will be] communication interference, artificial Earth satellites and equipment may fail, provided that they are not switched to safe mode in time," he said in an interview with the "Paragraph".

Eismont added that there will be no serious damage to people's health, but discomfort, ill health and headache are possible.

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Have the vagaries of space weather become record-breaking and what consequences can we expect from them?

Earlier in the day, the Telegram channel of the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that the rapid development of an active region in the Sun could lead to magnetic storms on Earth, RT reports.

According to experts, the active center on the surface of the Sun accumulates a significant amount of energy in the solar corona in a short time. 360.ru . The probability of powerful flares increases, which, while maintaining the current dynamics, can have an impact on the Earth's magnetosphere in the near future.

The laboratory noted that accurate forecasts are still difficult, since the processes occurring at a depth of 100-200 thousand km inside the Sun are not available for direct observations, IA Regnum reports.

On January 30, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the IKI RAS reported that astronomers had detected the formation of a large active region on the northeastern edge of the Sun. It was noted that if its area continues to increase, then outbreaks of the highest class X are possible during the day.

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