Huge sunspot set to burst and fling solar flare ‘directly’ at Earth causing geomagnetic storm
The size of a "enormous sunspot" has more than doubled in the last 24 hours, according to space weather specialists Image Source Solar flares could be directed toward Earth if the unstable area on the sun's surface explodes. Until the sunspot grows and behaves in an unstable fashion, a solar flare is not predicted to occur.According to the researchers at SpaceWeather.com : "A large sunspot, AR3038, appeared on the sun's surface yesterday. "Currently, it's colossal. It has only taken the sunspot 24 hours to double in size.M-class solar flares can be generated by AR3038 because it possesses an unstable 'beta-gamma' magnetic field. Find out more about space A rogue star may be able to pull Earth from the rest of the solar system, according to current thinking.THE STARWAR TUG Experts believe that a renegade star may pull Earth out of the Solar System.Sunspots are regions of the Sun that appear as a result of magnetic activity within the core. Sponsor...