{"id":880,"date":"2025-10-08T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:41:55","slug":"nasa-warns-significant-solar-storm-flare-set-to-batter-earth-direct-hit-on-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"NASA warns &#8216;significant&#8217; solar storm flare set to batter Earth: &#8216;Direct hit on Halloween&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"7a19b57d3f502e506f541b4c6899bb20\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tatOptions = {\r\n\t\t'key' : '763760c8ca37b90150f32ad474f817c0',\r\n\t\t'format' : 'iframe',\r\n\t\t'height' : 250,\r\n\t\t'width' : 300,\r\n\t\t'params' : {}\r\n\t};\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/electthirteenth.com\/763760c8ca37b90150f32ad474f817c0\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A major solar flare erupted from the Sun yesterday in the strongest storm seen in the current weather cycle. It fired off what is known as an X1-class solar flare, the most powerful of its kind, that peaked at 3:30 pm, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NASA officials dubbed it a &#8220;significant solar flare,&#8221; adding that it was captured in real-time video by the space agency&#8217;s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The most powerful category of solar flars, \u201cX-class flares\u201d are based on a classification system that divides solar flares according to their strength. The smallest ones are A-class , followed by B, C, M and X.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a coronal mass ejection from the flare could batter Earth over the weekend.A CME is a large eruption of charged particles coming from the flare.<\/p>\n<p>When these enter the atmosphere where satellites lie, power outages and widespread communications failures are a significant worry.<\/p>\n<p>It has already wreaked some havoc, causing a temporary but strong radio blackout on the sun-lit section of South America.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhiAvSMA8V7x3zq9LjTNm28mFP9f8lrKFwiCD5PRnkKYVXIGcbOafvGY6OvWY6bjJspjgkL_n6TeX5p4rgRY3hawZ0gP1yqmwsaPdz6jFwx4K3FMDOv_QszQEEXugvOiS7o1Yz1wUYm5j62dEYO4HGNeHAlDc7ZavDifvrGPwv1tPFCUaQHfy7H5D_V=s590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhiAvSMA8V7x3zq9LjTNm28mFP9f8lrKFwiCD5PRnkKYVXIGcbOafvGY6OvWY6bjJspjgkL_n6TeX5p4rgRY3hawZ0gP1yqmwsaPdz6jFwx4K3FMDOv_QszQEEXugvOiS7o1Yz1wUYm5j62dEYO4HGNeHAlDc7ZavDifvrGPwv1tPFCUaQHfy7H5D_V=w640-h400\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"369\" data-original-width=\"590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Space weather forecaster the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the R3 (Strong radio blackout) event took place as a result of an &#8220;impulsive flare&#8221;. that &#8220;appeared to have coronal mass ejection (CME) related signatures&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And that could spell bad news, with more chaos reportedly on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Space weather forecasters at Spaceweather.com said that the CME is racing towards Earth. at 1260 km\/s (2.8 million mph).It is predicted that it may strike the Earth by Saturday or Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tamitha Skov, a space weather physicist, said on Twitter: &#8220;A direct hit for Halloween! The solar storm launched during the X-flare today is indeed Earth-directed!&#8221;NASA predictions confirm impact by early October 31.\u00a0&#8220;Expect aurora to mid-latitudes, as well as GPS reception issues and amateur radio disruptions on Earth&#8217;s nightside!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But while X-class flares represent the most intense category of Sun flares, the number indicates the strength of the X-category flare.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, X-1 is ranked the least powerful, so we should be grateful that we don&#8217;t have an X-2 that is twice as intense, or even an X-10, 10 times as intense as the storm heading to Earth right now.<\/p>\n<p>But even a minor storm has the ability to cause chaos if it comes directly into contact with a satellite.<\/p>\n<p>While the CME launched into space on October 28 from an exploding sunspot, a G-3 rated (ranked from 1-5 in strength) geomagentic storm is also expected to strike Earth&#8217;s geomagnetic field.<\/p>\n<p>Such storms can spark naked-eye auroras, and a G-2 storm earlier this month brought views of the spectacular northern lights to some lucky UK viewers.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major solar flare erupted from the Sun yesterday in the strongest storm seen in the current weather cycle. It fired off what is known as an X1-class solar flare, the most powerful of its kind, that peaked at 3:30 pm, according to reports. &nbsp; NASA officials dubbed it a &#8220;significant solar flare,&#8221; adding that\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/?p=880\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.science.sbtechem.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}