BOULDER, COLO. - A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth on Friday. Scientists say it may knock out electrical grids and satellite communications.

A "sunspot cluster" said to be 10 times the size of Earth could damage satellites and power grids, as well as cable TV, pager and cellular telephone service.


Outside image of a sunspot (file photo)

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colo., say it is one of the largest sunspot clusters in years.

Larry Combs, a forecaster at the federal Space Environment Center in Boulder, says the sunspot cluster released a chunk of the sun's outer atmosphere early Wednesday morning.

NASA's Goddard Space Center says the sunspot clusters produce a "coronal mass ejection" – an explosion of gas and charged particles from the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.

In 1997, television networks in the U.S. were affected when satellites used to beam programming to local stations were knocked out of service.



Written by CBC News Online staff



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the only thing i want to know is....my mp3 be will lost?and others magnetics storages?

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Originally posted by Psychonoise the only thing i want to know is....my mp3 be will lost?and others magnetics storages?

lol, i'm worried about that too

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Hmm..hopefully people in hospitals won't be affected. Wonder how it would affect a pace maker? Will things effected by this be broken or temporarily disabled?

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Originally posted by Essential1 A "sunspot cluster" said to be 10 times the size of Earth could damage satellites and power grids, as well as cable TV, pager and cellular telephone service.

No, it will not damage our mp3 collections, it's NOT that huge, if it actually were then it would SUCK because we would be literally boiling (I think).

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Originally posted by gwrmarines I hope we die MUAH MUAH MUAH

no prob

The appocalipse has arrived!!!!!!!

apocalypse dumbass

im kidding
*hugs*

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Originally posted by whiskers lol, i'm worried about that too

if it doesn't can we sue nasa for lying ? if it does, sue nasa for not stopping it

i hope my genetic cell engineering lab will go bankrupt after tha storm and i'll never have to work again

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