NASA press conference to monitor solar energy storms

Officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it will hold a press conference on August 18, 2011, to discuss new details about the structure of solar storms. and its impact on the earth.

The press conference will be held at NASA headquarters in Washington, including presentations from a number of space weather experts, reviewing new observations from NASA spacecraft, especially The satellite observes the solar connection to the Earth.

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On August 9, the biggest solar explosion recurred after more than 4 years

Stereo tracks continuously on the sun from different positions. Along with it is another solar-tracking NASA satellite that is returning to earth, the European and NASA solar satellites (SOHO), and other solar-observation satellites.

The sun is currently in the most active cycle, known as the 24th cycle, and has launched massive explosions in recent weeks. The peak of the solar storm is expected to occur in 2013.

Last week (August 9, 2011), the largest solar explosion recurred after more than 4 years, but did not pose a serious threat because it occurred on the opposite side of the earth.

In early August 2011, a series of three-day solar storms released charged particles toward the Earth, creating a bright aurora on the northern and southern polar regions of the Earth.