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Hereof, can solar flares damage electronics?

If an enormous solar flare like the one that hit Earth 150 years ago struck us today, it could knock out our electrical grids, satellite communications and the internet. A new study finds that such an event is likely within the next century.

what are the impacts of solar flares on technology? The explosive heat of a solar flare can't make it all the way to our globe, but electromagnetic radiation and energetic particles certainly can. Solar flares can temporarily alter the upper atmosphere creating disruptions with signal transmission from, say, a GPS satellite to Earth causing it to be off by many yards.

Consequently, why do solar flares affect power grids?

SOLAR FLARES CAN TEMPORARILY ALTER THE EARTH'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE CREATING DISRUPTIONS WITH SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS AND THE ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS. Solar flares can cause power jumps in the electric grid due to these powerful magnetic waves, and can harm power sources directly connected to the grid, large and small.

Why are solar flares dangerous?

Solar flares and CMEs pose no direct threat to humans—Earth's atmosphere protects us from the radiation of space weather. (If an astronaut out in space is bombarded with the high-energy particles from a CME, he or she could be seriously injured or killed. But most of us won't have to worry about that situation.)