A report by CBS News stated that NASA cameras captured images of a massive solar flare with high-energy frequency yesterday, Thursday. The agency noted that this phenomenon "is likely one of the largest" events ever recorded by NASA. Such powerful solar radiation impacts "radio communications, electrical power grids, navigation signals, and poses risks to spacecraft and astronauts." According to a statement from NASA, U.S. authorities reported wireless frequency disruptions across the country.
Although these large explosions of solar plasma, known as severe coronal mass ejections, are rare, they can cause radio frequency outages on Earth for extended periods, along with other damages estimated in the billions of dollars. A study published by Lancaster University last Monday revealed that such solar storms could also cause errors in railways, potentially changing train signals from red to green in the "worst-case scenario" that could occur. Solar activity is measured in cycles lasting up to 11 years, classified according to their range and intensity, from the weakest (B), then (C), then (M), and finally the strongest (X).
