The northern lights may appear in the sky in the coming days – also in Switzerland. The reason for this is the strong glow of the sun.
The basics in brief
- In the next few days, unusual northern lights can be seen in central Europe.
- This has to do with solar flares, which can also disrupt navigation.
Such as US space agency NASA And the NOAA weather agency announced that the eruption sent on Thursday may be energy but also negative consequences to have. Radiation cannot harm people. But “if it is severe enough, it can disrupt the atmosphere in the layer where communication and GPS signals are being sent.” explained that NASA.
The northern lights can only be seen in good weather
Also in Central Europe and America, the aurora borealis can be seen unusually. This is because high-energy particles can make certain atoms in Earth’s atmosphere glow. To be able to see the phenomenon, one must also do so weather Play along.
Solar flares are sudden bursts of radiation On our central star, where large amounts of high-energy particles are often thrown into space. If such a solar storm hits EarthThis could have serious consequences for satellites, communications systems, and power supplies.
Thursday’s eruption is ranked in the strongest category “X”, but only with the lowest category “1”. After explaining the file NASA An eruption of an X2 volcano is twice as powerful as the eruption that occurred now. Only from X10, ten times the power, the space agency talks about an “extraordinarily severe” eruption.
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