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A solar storm happens when a coronal mass ejection leaves the Sun headed towards Earth. The CME will slam into the Earth's magnetosphere and interact with it causing what we call space weather. Depending on how large a storm is it could cause satellite interruptions, power black outs and auroras...

Greetings from Iowa! Wow! Your class asked a lot of very interesting questions. The Solar Week scientists all have different areas of expertise, so I will answer the questions I think I know the best. Hopefully, some of the other scientists will answer the rest of your questions. Is the study of the...

Hello, In general, solar storms like coronal mass ejections and solar flares do not directly affect humans living on the surface of the Earth, since we are protected by the atmosphere from energetic solar particles. Coronal mass ejections, solar flares, and the geomagnetic storms that they cause pose...

Hi Kevin, That's an interesting question, although a lot of us might say that it usually isn't the "solar" storm that causes the damage on the surface of the Earth, it's the geomagnetic storm. When disturbances like coronal mass ejections (CMEs) reach the Earth, they can interact...

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