The hot gases on the surface of the Sun are caught in an endless dance of roiling plasma that sometimes escapes our atmosphere and ends up in the solar system.
Space Weather is referring to it as a "canyon of fire", a ridge over 12,000 miles deep and ten times as long.
According to Space Weather, the canyon may soon blast fragments of radiation in the form of coronal mass ejections, a reminder of the ferociousness of the object that gave birth to our system billions of years ago.
If this radiation hits our atmosphere, it could cause a storm in the magnetosphere.
These storms are only likely to affect satellites that are in the middle of the sky, which can experience extra drag and potential errors in their radio signals.
The storms can lead to currents that can cause irreversible damage to power grids back on the surface.
The most common side effect of these CMEs hitting the Earth's surface is stunning Auroras, which can be seen in the night sky in beautiful colors.
According to Space Weather, some of the scientists are ready to go on a plane and watch the show from above.
The sun spits out the filaments from the fire.
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