NASA | Biggest Solar Storm Since 2003

The sun erupted late on January 22, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons known as a "solar energetic particle" event. The latter has caused the strongest solar radiation storm since September 2005 according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

NASA's Goddard Space Weather Center's models predict that the CME is moving at almost 1,400 miles per second, and could reach Earth's magnetosphere -- the magnetic envelope that surrounds Earth -- as early as tomorrow, Jan 24 at 9 AM ET (plus or minus 7 hours). This has the potential to provide good auroral displays, possibly at lower latitudes than normal.

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[Meninx87]

That's a solar fus ro dah!

[TOWNSERS]

Protons on Tuesday  and Plasma on Wednesday ..

[mediumawlful]

Obi Wan;I feel a great disturbance in the force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I feel something terrible has happened

[KingColton1]

2012 are fake... WILL YOU STOP WORRY ABOUT?!

[xxPayneProductionxx]

@rohitvip I would guess that some of the viewers have linked this solar flare to doomsday, because one of the doomsday theories involve a solar flare maximum.

[marco65ist]

END OF THE WORLD---> 2012 21 DECEMBER! SHIT!! I WANT TO GO TO MARS, MAYBE I WILL BE SAFER THERE:P XD. Maybe this "solar storm" is an warning? well, OR, maybe is just one of the most awsome things that i ever had seen:)

[DannySmith300]

@Meninx87 I DEMAND A REMIX

[kirox777]

@chndraprksh6 damn, how bout you read the fxckin description. Most questions on youtube can be solved by readin the description..

[jdmrican94]

Dam

[joephilip97]

Good.. no school.

[canadamonster]

this will only get stronger this year, causing a huge drought and torched crops. be aware