
NASA Issues Warning: Solar Storm Threatens Earth Today Amid Surging Sun Activity

Increased solar activity with sunspots and daily coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed in the past week

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Newsweek reports a possibility of a CME on a collision course with Earth, according to NASA

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CME impact causes geomagnetic storms, disrupting Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere

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Huw Morgan from Aberystwyth University emphasizes larger geomagnetic storms when CMEs have opposing magnetic fields

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Spaceweather.com predicts minor G1-class geomagnetic storms on November 25th-26th due to grazing CMEs

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Two CMEs were launched into space by solar magnetic filaments earlier this week

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Daniel Brown from Nottingham Trent University explains solar flares and CMEs result from the sun's twisted and stressed magnetic field

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CMEs are massive ejections from the Sun's corona, carrying billions of tons of material and a strong embedded magnetic field

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CMEs travel outward from the Sun at speeds ranging from 250 km/s to near 3000 km/s

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Geomagnetic storms, graded G1 to G5, can impact power grids and satellite functions; G1 storms are the weakest but still affect technologies like GPS and mobile devices

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