Scientists make huge breakthrough in predicting violent solar storms that could destroy technology on Earth
The IndependentSign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists say they have made significant breakthroughs in predicting the kind of solar storms that could destroy technology on Earth. While we have only seen relatively limited destruction from such space weather, researchers point to the “Carrington Event” in 1859, a solar storm that if it arrived today could cause power and communications blackouts. Now researchers from Aberystwyth University who presented their work at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting say that their improved predictions of when such CMEs may erupt could allow us to protect that infrastructure in the case of damaging solar storms. They found that they could predict CMEs better by looking at the “critical height” of those regions – the point at which the magnetic field becomes unstable and then can spit out a CME.
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