The next flares should occur on the Sun from 2 to 4 February. According to the forecast of scientists, they will be rather weak, but they can affect the inhabitants of the Earth no earlier than February 5-6. This was announced by Ravil Rakhmatulin, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Complex Magnetic-Ionospheric Observatory of the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISTP SB RAS). He noted that our planet will fall into the flow of a clot of matter, which will be ejected by the Sun, which is why a magnetic storm should be expected in two or three days.
The scientist explained why magnetic storms are dangerous