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Robert Lea

Equinox increases chances of geomagnetic storm from solar eruption this week

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Earth could experience a geomagnetic storm on Wednesday (Sept. 25) after the sun lashed out with a huge spout of plasma. The probability of our planet experiencing effects from the geomagnetic storm may be higher due to the fact that this particular solar outburst occurred around the same time as Earth's autumnal equinox.

The coronal mass ejection (CME) was unleashed on Sunday (Sept. 22) at 5:39 p.m. EDT (2139 UTC) when a sunspot designated AR3835 erupted unexpectedly with an M-class solar flare. Solar scientists weren't expecting this eruption because AR3835 had seemed too stable to explode, according to SpaceWeather.com.

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