The ejection occurred on the reverse side of the star.
The flare, which occurred on the far side of the Sun, led to a magnetic storm of medium strength on the Earth, which covered planet on March 15. The eruption was recorded on March 11 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and SOHO observatory, reports Space.com.
The latter also recorded the emission of “dark plasma”, known as a coronal mass ejection. It occurred in the southeastern part of the Sun.
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This “dark plasma” is not “dark” in the sense of dark matter or dark energy Rather, it is simply colder and less bright than the star behind it, but denser than the gas surrounding the Sun's atmosphere.
Scientists predicted that a coronal mass ejection could lead to a magnetic storm on March 15, which it did. . It was also accompanied by strong auroras. In addition, physicist Keith Strong said that the storm caused radio communication disruptions at the Earth's poles and could also prevent flights over these regions.
Although most such storms do not have a significant impact on Earth, especially strong solar ones storms can damage Earth's technologies. One of these storms, the Carrington event of 1859, caused massive telegraph failures around the world and created auroras much farther from the poles than usual.
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Recall that scientists also predicted magnetic March storms.
