The Sun is storming and auroras just reached cities that have never seen them before. Here’s why our planet’s magnetic field is flexing right now.
We’re in solar maximum — the peak of the Sun’s 11-year cycle. Sunspots are erupting, solar flares are flying, and charged plasma is racing toward Earth at millions of miles per hour.
When it arrives, it shakes our magnetic field. Satellites flicker. GPS drifts. Power grids brace. And the auroras spill far beyond the poles, painting skies in places that have never witnessed them.
You don’t feel it directly, but your body lives inside that shield, the same field that bends and flexes to protect all life on Earth.
If things feel unsettled, remember: even the planet rides out its storms. And it still holds steady.
