Getting ready to admire the northern lights A stream of plasma flies towards the Earth, which will cover us for 5 days Now there is a huge hole in the Sun, the size of a million kilometers, reports the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It looks scary - like someone carved out a piece of a star. But actually, it was just the plasma there that became so rare and cold that it stopped shining. From this "hole" the solar wind whistles into space at a speed of up to 1000 km/h. According to preliminary predictions of scientists, on the night from Friday to Saturday (November 6 to 7), the Earth's magnetic shield will suffer a blow. This space storm could last until the middle of next week. Video: Solar Astronomy Laboratory IKI RAS.

Getting ready to admire the northern lights A stream of plasma flies towards the Earth, which will cover us for 5 days Now there is a huge hole in the Sun, the size of a million kilometers, reports the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It looks scary - like someone carved out a piece of a star. But actually, it was just the plasma there that became so rare and cold that it stopped shining. From this "hole" the solar wind whistles into space at a speed of up to 1000 km/h. According to preliminary predictions of scientists, on the night from Friday to Saturday (November 6 to 7), the Earth's magnetic shield will suffer a blow. This space storm could last until the middle of next week. Video: Solar Astronomy Laboratory IKI RAS.