'Space Hurricane': Huge Solar Storm Is Pounding Earth Now | Solar Storm, Solar Flare & Coronal Mass Ejection | Space Weather, Sun Cycle & Sun Storm | Space.com

'Space Hurricane': Huge Solar Storm Is Pounding Earth Now | Solar Storm, Solar Flare & Coronal Mass Ejection | Space Weather, Sun Cycle & Sun Storm | Space.com: "A wave of charged particles from an intense solar storm is pummeling the Earth right now, which may trigger stunning aurora displays and cause minor disruptions to satellites over the next two days, NASA scientists say.

The storm began when a powerful solar flare erupted on the sun yesterday (Jan. 23), blasting a stream of charged particles toward Earth. This electromagnetic burst, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), hit Earth at about 9:31 a.m. EST (1430 GMT), according to scientists at the Space Weather Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md."