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There is about to be a huge gas ejection from the Sun.
It's not as bad as it seems.
Gaseous material is flowing from a southern hole in the Sun's atmosphere and will hit Earth's atmosphere on August 3.
These kinds of storms are common and not a huge risk to us back on Earth.
There are holes in the Sun's corona when the star's gas is less dense.
Solar material can surge outward at a million miles per hour from these holes.
The Earth's magnetic field is able to absorb the solar winds with little more than a compression of electrons.
The worst thing that can happen when the winds hit our magnetosphere is interference with gps and radio waves.
The Northern lights can also be triggered by storms.
The expected solar storm is a category G1 storm and is expected to be weak.
As the Sun heads into its most active storm season in 11 years, we don't need to worry about this hole.
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