Will A Solar Flare Hit Earth In 2025 In Usa. Solar flares can launch clouds of plasma and radiation, known as coronal mass ejections (cmes), at earth. We are now heading towards the peak of solar cycle 25, which will be in july 2025.
Solar eruptions occur when the magnetic field lines in a sunspot get twisted and snap, berger says, causing an explosion with three possible. The radiation reaches the sunlit side of earth within 8 minutes, traveling at the speed of light.