SpaceX deployed 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project on Feb. 4, 2022, with most of them burning up in the atmosphere days later. A geomagnetic storm induced by the Sun was the cause of this more than $50 million disaster.
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A geomagnetic storm (also known as a solar storm) with a speed of more than 1.3 million kilometers per hour is expected to reach Earth tomorrow, causing satellite problems, according to researchers.
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The Sun has spewed an erupting filament of magnetism into the solar system at 328 kilometers per second, which could interfere with Earth. The solar storm was triggered by a sunspot, which is a spinning pool of magnetism underneath the Sun s crust.
Sunspots
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Sunspots are dark streaks on the Sun s surface that are usually cooler than the rest of the star.