It said it was now back to normal. The cause is not yet known but it comes after a solar flare this week, which scientists said could cause some disruptions to satellites, communications and power on Earth over the next day or so.
By Paul Quintaro On Tuesday, an unusually large solar flare exploded from the surface of the sun. That explosion put a tremendous amount of solar material into space, material which is on a collision course with the Earth.
June 7: This image provided by NASA shows the Sun unleashing a medium-sized solar flare, a minor radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection. A UN plan to upgrade "space weather" forecasts can help the world cope with solar storms that
The blast was rated a (moderate) M-2 flare, but only a (minor) S-1 class radiation storm. The solar particles and magnetic waves hurled across the solar system by the blast – called a coronal mass ejection – are expected
The blast was rated a (moderate) M-2 flare, but only a (minor) S-1 class radiation storm. The solar particles and magnetic waves hurled across the solar system by the blast – called a coronal mass ejection – are expected