A large plasma ejection has been recorded on the Sun, which passed by Earth and headed towards Venus. The event was reported by specialists from the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the IKI RAS and ISZF SB RAS.
The incident occurred on April 13 at about 9 p.m. Moscow time. A powerful stream of charged particles erupted from an active region near the right edge of the solar disk.
The researchers clarified that this was the only noticeable change in space weather over the past day. According to them, the flow formed at the specified time and immediately went along a trajectory remote from the Earth's orbit. Since the ejection is directed away from our planet, the geomagnetic situation will remain calm. The plasma flare is now moving towards Venus and will not cause magnetic storms on Earth.
Experts emphasize that such phenomena create risks for ground infrastructure and orbital groupings only if they are directly oriented towards Earth. In this case, the direction vector excludes interaction with the magnetosphere of our planet.
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