[Regnum] The magnetic storm that lasted on Earth for more than 30 hours has ended. This was reported on Sunday, August 10, by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"The past magnetic storm lasted more than 30 hours and reached a peak of G2.0, which was the strongest value since a similar event on June 13-14 this year. The storm level coincided with the forecast," the laboratory's Telegram channel said.
According to scientists, strong disturbances of the Earth's magnetosphere are not expected in the next few days, and after that the situation will depend on the activity of solar flares, which is currently at a high level.
Earlier, on August 8, the solar astronomy laboratory of the IKI RAS reported that geomagnetic disturbances had begun on Earth from the so-called coronal hole - an area on the Sun in which the flow of solar wind is weakened. Scientists then noted that because of this, the planet's magnetosphere would "shake" at a yellow level, with periodic bursts to red.
The day before, the IKI RAS warned that the Earth is expecting the strongest magnetic storm in the last two months on August 8. According to scientists, a major flare of level M4.4 occurred on the Sun on August 5, causing a plasma emission, the impact of which turned out to be stronger than expected.
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An explosive plasma outburst has engulfed several active regions of the Sun
An explosive plasma ejection on the Sun covered several active regions in the western hemisphere of the star closest to Earth. This was reported on August 10 by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in its Telegram channel.
"The Sun experienced a complex and very fast (explosive) plasma ejection, which affected several active regions in the western hemisphere of the star. In total, the event covered an area with a diameter of about half a million kilometers (a third of the visible solar disk). The plasma was ejected exactly in the plane of the planets," the laboratory's report specifies.
Experts indicated that the main center of the explosion (area 4168) was located at a significant angular distance from the direction to Earth, but some of the secondary centers involved in the event were located at a dangerously close distance from the Sun-Earth line. Direct measurements showed that in the near-solar space, parts of the substance and magnetic fields can move toward Earth.