As recently it became
known, our Sun will soon change the magnetic poles. But what specific consequences
for us is this event? The process of
changing the magnetic poles which are known to occur on the Sun every 11 years
will occur in the next 3-4 months.
Although this is not a
catastrophic event, the change of the magnetic poles we feel for yourself.
This change will have a
ripple effect that will be felt throughout our solar system, "says Todd
Hawks, director of Stanford University, who monitors the processes occurring in
the magnetic fields of the Sun.
When it comes to the
topic reversal of solar magnetic fields, with physicists once there is an
association with the "current sheet". The entire heliosphere is
shrouded in this current sheet and during the change of the magnetic fields
that layer becomes very fluid and undulating.
The result is that in
the near future will be a sharp change of space weather, solar storms, and in
the world as well geomagnetic disturbances will arise for some time after the
change of the poles on the sun. However, the good news is, those perturbations
of the current sheet in the sun, are an excellent shield against harmful cosmic
rays in our galaxy arising from the explosion of supernovae and other cosmic
catastrophes and rushing to us at close to reaching the speed of light.
These rays can threaten
astronauts during spacewalk, and can also damage the space probes. But thanks
to the current layer in the Sun, we can to some extent be protected from them
at the moment.
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