Solar storms can destroy satellites with ease — here’s how
Solar storms can destroy satellites with ease — here’s how The Sun is like a child that often throws tantrums What causes space weather? The Sun is always releasing a steady amount of charged particles into space. This is called the solar wind. Solar wind also carries with it the solar magnetic field. Sometimes, localized fluctuations on the Sun willhurl unusually strong bursts of particles in a particular direction. If Earth happens to be in the path of the enhanced solar wind generated by one of these events and gets hit, you get a geomagnetic storm....
