Coronal mass ejections produce not just spectacle, but potentially deadly mischief. When the energy from the sun collides with Earth, it can disrupt satellites, send GPS systems awry, knock power plants offline, and shut down telecommunications.
The cycles of solar storms are part of the sun's 11-year cycle, fluctuating between high activity (solar maximum) and low activity (solar minimum). These cycles are driven by different rotational speeds of the sun's non-solid surface.
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