Due to the "coronal hole," geomagnetic storm warnings are in place. Here's how they can affect Earth this week
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The sun may generate a powerful geomagnetic storm later this week that could affect Earth
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Following a string of coronal mass ejections that started on Sunday, the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center announced on Tuesday that it is keeping an eye on the sun and solar winds
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Strong geomagnetic storm has been predicted for late Thursday by space weather forecasters
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Region 3078 is a "small, yet compact and magnetically complicated grouping" that forecasters are keeping an eye on
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Despite the high volume of coronal mass ejections, according to NOAA, "most are projected to have little or no influence at Earth."
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A geomagnetic storm could be caused by a coronal hole in the sun's atmosphere, according to NOAA earlier this month
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Infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on the surface may be affected by geomagnetic storms, which might affect satellites, radio, navigation, and communications
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"This open, magnetic field line structure, which allows the solar wind to escape more swiftly into space, produces these streams of quite fast solar wind."
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If more warnings are required, the Space Weather Prediction Center will do so regarding the storm this week.