Solar eruption hurtling towards Earth

For the past few weeks, astronomers have been watching Sunspot AR3038.

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The sunspot was facing Earth and astronomers expected it to die off.

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However, it instead grew to three times its size.

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As a result of that growth, the sunspot has created a coronal mass ejection (CME). 

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Unfortunately, astronomers aren’t sure whether this solar eruption is heading to Earth or somewhere else.

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As a result, if the eruption is hurtling towards us, it could cause massive outages.

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A powerful geomagnetic storm caused by a CME has the potential to knock out entire power grids.

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It can also interfere with important radio communications for days and can cause issues with navigational systems.

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Mahindra Scorpio-N variant-wise features

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