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The third magnetic storm since the beginning of the year has begun on Earth, 250,000 mile coronal hole on the earth-facing side
2026-01-17
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[Regnum] A third magnetic storm has begun on Earth since the beginning of January. This was reported by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"The third magnetic storm of January has begun," reads the caption under a diagram published on the laboratory's Telegram channel.

Earlier, on January 3, a predicted magnetic storm was recorded on Earth. According to the forecast, moderate solar flare activity was expected during these days.

Sergei Bogachev, Head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, reported that Earth is expected to experience numerous magnetic storms in 2026. He noted that strong and very strong storms are also possible.

A key detail, courtesy of 3dc:
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… over 250,000 miles long!

This is a deep dark opening in the sun’s atmosphere that is spewing high speed solar wind towards earth that could easily spark geomagnetic storm activity!

More updates as this continues to evolve and possibly get bigger.

#MrMBB333 #earthwatch #sun #geomagnetic #storm #coronal #hole
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