Terrifying truth behind Solar Winds and how they spark savage solar storms? NASA tells us
A couple of weeks ago, a strange incident took place. In a horrifying development, the Earth's magnetic field was cracked open and solar radiation and magnetic flux rushed inside and caused an unexpected and dangerous solar storm. NASA later explained the event to be Co-rotating Interaction Regions (CIR). These CIR are caused when stunningly fast moving solar winds from different directions strike the Earth, stretching apart its magnetic field and creating cracks on it. Making our planet vulnerable to solar storms, these frightful solar winds are more than dangerous. But what exactly are they and how are they contributing to the solar storm problem on Earth? Find out, the answer will open your mind to unnerving new information.
It should be noted that solar winds are not dangerous just for causing the CIR effect. Two out of the last three solar storms that occurred on the Earth were all brought on by solar winds and they not only accelerated the timeline for the hit on Earth but also made it far worse. They play an important role in bringing solar storms to our planet. But unlike the term itself, they are not really “wind”, as air does not exist in space. Solar winds are just solar plasma in a state of high motion. Let us take a closer look.
According to a NASA post, solar winds are the outward expansion of plasma from the Sun's corona (outermost atmosphere). You can imagine them to be a semi gaseous object that has a strong magnetic field. As it heats up due to the constant nuclear fusion on the Sun, the gravity of the star fails to hold it to the ground. Now where does it go then? We all know that the Sun completes one rotation around its axis in 27 days, which is a very high speed compared to its size. As it rotates,
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