When last year's solar superstorm Gannon slammed into Earth, it not only painted the sky with beautiful auroras, but also shrunk one of the planet's protective layers to just one-fifth its usual size.

Satellite data reveals a huge solar storm in 2024 shrank Earth's protective plasma shield

Source: space
Source Link: https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/earths-protective-plasma-layer-squeezed-by-solar-storm