I thought large solar eruptions or solar storms (not sure proper terminology for most recent event) were expected to cause a fair amount of damage to electrical grids, communication services, and GPS, but I haven’t seen any reports of that. Why?
In: Planetary Science
Luckily Earth has a magnetic field that basically deflects all of the stuff that would cause damage, and that’s basically why there is the northern lights. It’s not infinitely strong, maybe one day we will see the kind of damage you are talking about, but not today.
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