Tonight 'sun tsunami' fell on the earth

People in high latitudes can admire the aurora of wonders tonight, after the cloud of particles carries charge from the sun into our atmosphere.

Aurora often appears in Canada.(Photo: bestpicturegalary.com)

Space said the explosion on the surface of the sun on August 1 caused a giant plasma cloud to enter the universe. Plasma is the fourth state of matter (three other states are solid, liquid, gas) in which substances are strongly ionized. Most atoms or atoms remain only nuclei, while electrons move relatively freely between nuclei.

'The plasma cloud goes straight to the globe and can reach our planet on August 4. We have the opportunity to see many beautiful things because the plasma cloud creates aurora when entering the outermost atmosphere of the earth, ' Space quoted Leon Golub, a scientist at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics. Smithsonian, USA.

Aurora - colorful bands of light in the sky - often appear in Canada and the US state of Alaska. But on August 3 and August 4, people in the north of the United States can also admire the green and red light strips.

In addition to aurora, the interaction between charged particles from the sun and the Earth's magnetic field can create geomagnetic storms or turbulence in the Earth's magnetosphere. Although people only see white aurora in high latitudes, they can appear at low latitudes during the geomagnetic storm.

The sun's activity is always increasing and decreasing in cycles that scientists can predict. Usually, a cycle lasts about 11 years. The transition period from the weakest operating point to the strongest point is about 5.5 years.

The time when the sun's activity reached its most recent peak took place in 2001. The August 1 explosion is one of the first signs that the sun is awakening after a break and direction. to the next strong activity phase.