On Monday, one of the largest in the last six years of solar flares lead to severe magnetic storm, said a representative of the Institute of Applied Geophysics,
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On the Sun occurred powerful flares near the spot sizes are excited scientists – sunspots this magnitude have not been observed since 2008. According to NASA, outbreaks have occurred in the Sun, can significantly affect the Earth’s magnetic field.
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large spots on the Sun was discovered in October and has been called “AR 2192″. More often it is of interest to scientists in that for a few days activity increases, reaching the size of Jupiter – 140 thousand kilometers in diameter.
According to experts, this is the largest spot, which could be observed from the beginning the current solar cycle, ie from January 2008.
NASA reported that the spot has become the cause of powerful solar flares, which can be repeated in the coming days and affect the Earth’s magnetic field, causing a communication problem on worldwide.
Sun’s activity, scientists say, caused a spectacular light effects – aurora, which can be observed in some parts of the world.
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