‘Solar tsunami’ may hit Earth anytime!
The Earth could be hit by a solar tsunami anytime, as an unusually complex magnetic eruption on the Sun has flung a large cloud of electrically charged particles towards earth, scientists have warned.
The explosion, called a coronal mass ejection, was aimed directly towards Earth, which then sent a "solar tsunami" racing 93 million miles across space, the New Scientist reported.
Astronomers from all over the world witnessed the huge flare above a giant sunspot the size of the Earth, which they linked to an even larger eruption across the surface of Sun.
Experts said the wave of supercharged gas will likely reach the Earth on Tuesday, Aug 3, when it will buffet the natural magnetic shield protecting Earth.
Several satellites, including Nasa's new Solar Dynamics Observatory, recorded on Sunday, Aug 1, a small solar flare erupting above sunspot 1092, the size of the Earth.
The satellites also recorded a large filament of cool gas stretching across the Sun's northern hemisphere also exploded into space.
"This eruption is directed right at us," said Leon Golub, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics.
However, a really big solar eruption could even shut down global communication grids and destroy satellites also.
Source: http://www.mediainfoworld.com/content/solar-tsunami-may-hit-earth-anytim...
there was a movie of bruce willis i just forgot the title it's same what happened there and this solar tsunami is all about...
but the good thing about that movie was some kind of aliens/angels picked young boys and girls from all part of the continents, countries whatsoever to be evacuated from earth... then after the solar eruption they have been delivered back on "the new Earth"...
good story...
"We should be all ready for whatever might happen.."
Darn it! Thought we were all going out in a blaze of glory!! ...
ufff missed it...
This is the plot of the film 2012 - therefore I'm off to China because they are building arks there ...........
guess the satellites are still workin
kool...we still have access to QL from heaven....and unfortunatly Rizks is not with us :P
omg, i have died yesterday... noooooo, i haven't got married as yet.... :(
we all died as we slept and resurected once awaken... now i lost one life, 8 more left to go :()
meoooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :P
WK, Thank god, I have got a company then :-)
No wonder i am seeing angels everywhere.. :))
A great way to get a tan ....
Guess I overslept & missed it,then? :0(
drmana I am in hell
Are you all dead yet? I don't wanna be alone in hell :-(
I hope this isn't a false alarm.
pleeeeeeeeeeeeease let this be the end of the world.
Superman..help us..:(
ok I just peed my pants...:p
its all in the dream..lol!
I heard the news on AAJ TAK(Indian news channel)..But they said that it will not be affecting our planet EARTH..
yesterday i died...inside!!! but never knew it was solar tsunami
that website is getting rated well
August 3rd.....does that mean we all died yesterday??