A Solar Storm Is Headed for Earth—Should You Be Worried?
http://www.newsweek.com/solar-storm-headed-earth-should-you-be-worried-1038769
Hot gases are surging from a hole in the Sun's atmosphere, sending powerful solar winds full of charged particles through space and towards our planet.
These winds may build to a minor geomagnetic storm between 2 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts. But what is a geomagnetic storm, and what does it mean for people on Earth?