USA: It appears as though the Sun is very active right now. Radio blackouts on Earth, particularly over Africa, were reported on Thursday as a result of solar flares caused by the explosion of sunspot AR3296. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), which may soon strike Earth's atmosphere, is thought to have been released by the solar flare eruption.

The current solar cycle is expected to peak in 2024, despite the Sun's current high level of activity. We are fortunately well protected from dangerous space weather by the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. We have also received CME alerts previously this year. In February, a CME was anticipated to hit the planet.

According to spaceweather.com, a solar flare of the M3.9 class was released on May 4 by sunspot AR3296. What exactly are these solar flares though? According to NASA, the Sun undergoes enormous explosions that shoot energy, light, and high-energy particles into space. Solar flares are broadly divided into five categories: A, B, C, M, and X. Flares of the A and X classes are ranked in strength, respectively.

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CMEs can occasionally accompany solar flares, which is what happened on May 4. Soon after the explosion, several overlapping CMEs were released into space.Massive blobs of radiation and solar particle known as CMEs are produced when a star's magnetic field lines abruptly reorganise.According to NASA, the most potent explosions in our solar system are solar flares and CMEs.

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Spaceweather.com predicts that the CME caused by the solar flare from yesterday "might pass close to Earth on May 7, with either a near miss or a glancing blow."A geomagnetic storm, which can have both favourable and unfavourable effects, can result from a CME that comes close to Earth.Auroras are produced by geomagnetic storms, which can also interfere with satellites and navigational systems.

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The CME is currently not known if it will pass by Earth's atmosphere or strike it, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is closely monitoring it. High latitude skywatchers must keep an eye out for auroras.