NASA targets dangerous solar flares, Coronal mass ejections to save Earth

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The Sun is a life giver for Earth. However, the Sun also poses the biggest threat to Earth and humanity because of its habit of shooting off solar flares or coronal mass ejections (CME) towards it. These dangerous solar phenomena can scorch the satellites in Earth's atmosphere, crash the Internet for months, destroy GPS and cause power grid failures. The loss of life from these events can be massive, considering that almost all human activities, even for medical emergencies, have moved online. Even phone connectivity will be massively impacted if these so-called solar storms are big enough. On a regular basis NASA keeps sending updates of some solar flare brewing that may cause damage on Earth. NASA raises alerts depending on the severity of these solar flares. Many researchers have warned of the potential of a catastrophic event happening over the next decade itself. They have also indicated that humans are not prepared for this tragic event when, and if, it happens.

To deal with such dangers, NASA has prepared 2 missions. The intent of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to know more about the space environment and Sun-Earth relation. These are the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm. What will these missions do? They will simply help us to improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. These missions will reveal deeper insights into our cosmos as well as essential information to help in the safety of astronauts, satellites, communication signals such as GPS, power grids and more.

Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington said on these missions that, “MUSE