NASA scientists have warned the Sun may be ‘waking up’ from a period of relative inactivity and start firing off solar flares resulting in decades of potentially dangerous space weather Solar flares could even change our weather (Image: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF)
An explosion of Sun burps could be about to wreak havoc on the world - hitting everything from the internet and sat-nav systems to folks’ moods and sleep patterns.
NASA scientists have warned the Sun may be ‘waking up’ from a period of relative inactivity and start firing off solar flares , resulting in decades of potentially dangerous space weather.
In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters researchers analysed multiple aspects of solar activity including winds, magnetic fie