Sun Storms

For as long as we can remember people have been studying the sun. The way it works, how it orbits, what it does, and much more. Something rather recent scientists have been checking into are the new "Sunspots" sun caused by intense "magnetic activity". The area in a "sunspot" is hotter than the sun and can also be seen on earth without a gadgets of sorts. Sunspots are most of the time seen before a "Solar Storm". Solar storms also known as Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) is a temporary "wack-out" of the earths "magnetosphere" (Like the outer shell on an m&m; protects us from CME's and other things like that.) When a CME forms it takes 24-36 hours for the CME to reach earth IF it's headed in our direction, and when it does it lasts 24-48 hours. When it reaches us the solar wind shocks our "magnetosphere" causing our GPS systems, radar, and other vital and minor electronics to go bananas. Scientists say the next storm will be in 2012. NASA says it will be the largest since 1958!