The Sun undergoes an 11-year cycle during which its magnetic field flips direction, triggering changes on its surface.
This cycle leads to the formation of sunspotsregions on the solar surface where magnetic field lines are especially intense.
These sunspots often become hotspots for powerful solar activity, like flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
An X9.0 solar flare observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on last year.Image: NASA/SDO
In other words, more geomagnetic storms can be expected as the Sun goes through its cycle.
With rare exceptionlook at the Carrington Event of 1859the events wont disrupt your daily life.
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