SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge solar storm

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SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge solar storm

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The Sun erupted over the weekend, flinging electromagnetic radiation towards Earth, even illuminating skies with spectacular aurora borealis. For the first time, ESA’s unlikely space weather duo of SMOS and Swarm tracked the severe solar storm — which warped Earth’s magnetic field.

Space weather – electromagnetic radiation and particles emitted by the Sun in the form of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — can both dazzle and destroy. It can cause awe-inspiring auroras, but can also take out satellites, communications and even power grids.

Early on Saturday 23 March 2024, the Sun released a strong X1.1 solar flare, the most powerful possible type, from a particularly active region pointing directly towards Earth.

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