A huge coronal hole 800,000 kilometres wide has been discovered on the Sun

By: Anton Kratiuk | 29.01.2025, 19:02
Coronal hole on the Sun: What is it and how does it affect the Earth? Coronal hole on the Sun. Source: NASA

Weather-dependent people should prepare to feel worse at the end of the week, as the Earth will experience a geomagnetic storm.

Here's What We Know

Astronomers have detected a coronal hole 800,000 kilometres wide on the surface of the Sun! - By comparison, the diameter of the Earth is 12,742 kilometres. Especially for our readers we calculated that in such a hole will fit in a row of 62 planets the size of the Earth.

When such a hole is formed, the Sun's magnetic field is exposed and the high-speed solar wind is free to escape, carrying a stream of charged particles.

Scientists have calculated that the solar wind, which is carried towards the Earth at a speed of more than 500 km / s, will reach our planet on 31 January and cause a geomagnetic storm.

Yes, the condition of people may slightly worsen, but as compensation they will receive polar lights in atypical locations for this phenomenon.

Source: Space