Didja see that big wave swoop over the surface of the sun in that clip? That was a coronal mass ejection on the surface of the sun that happened on Sunday, and the resulting solar wave of electromagnetic particles and such is hitting Earth even as we speak.
The solar eruption was unusually large, and the resulting wave is particularly strong. Astronomers say that here on Earth we should expect to see increased visible aurora activity, making the Aurora Borealis visible much farther south than usual. The media, however, have latched on to the buzzwords “solar tsunami” to tart up their headlines, and the London Telegraph breathlessly reports that the “tsunami” could “destroy satellites and wreck power and communications grids around the globe…”
Mm-hmm.
