A solar storm is forecast to hit Earth early Thursday after the Sun unleashed a powerful solar flare — a burst of high-energy radiation — Sunday night. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Satellite captured a solar flare on the Sun releasing a coronal mass ejection (CME) around 8:25 p.m. Here’s what you need to know about solar storms — and how they can impact the Earth — before one hits the planet on Thursday. How do solar storms impact Earth? "In general, the physical danger is low and controllable," CNET reported, citing the NOAA, after a solar storm struck Earth in March 2012.

Source: Fox News February 15, 2018 03:10 UTC