{"id":598343,"date":"2021-07-20T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=598343"},"modified":"2021-07-20T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:50:53","slug":"fact-check-is-a-massive-solar-storm-that-could-affect-gps-internet-and-satellites-heading-toward-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-a-massive-solar-storm-that-could-affect-gps-internet-and-satellites-heading-toward-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is A Massive Solar Storm That Could Affect GPS, Internet And Satellites Heading Toward Earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-is-a-massive-solar-storm-that-could-affect-gps-internet-and-satellites-heading-toward-earth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=598343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Burst-e1626811534450.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRT4vophNP0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> claims a \u201cmassive solar storm heading towards Earth could affect GPS, internet and satellites.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRT4vophNP0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-10.2\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Space Weather Prediction Center\u2019s forecast does not show any major solar storm heading toward Earth in the coming days. There were also no major solar storms last week.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Solar storms are natural phenomena that occur when disturbances on the sun, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections, emit electromagnetic radiation and charged particle radiation into the solar system, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-kind-of-damage-can-a-solar-storm-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>. Under certain conditions, such solar activity can disrupt satellites as well as technologies on Earth like GPS and radio communications, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sunearth\/spaceweather\/index.html#q5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The July 14 Instagram post claims a \u201cmassive solar storm\u201d that can impact GPS, internet and satellites is heading toward Earth. However, there is no mention of an imminent solar storm to that effect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/about-space-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space Weather Prediction Center\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/forecast-discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three-day forecast<\/a>, and no such storm occurred last week.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast on Monday said, \u201cSolar activity is likely to remain very low with a slight chance for C-class flares on 19-21 Jul,\u201d while Tuesday\u2019s forecast <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210720184726\/https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/forecast-discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently states<\/a>, \u201cSolar activity is expected to be very low, with an increasing chance of C-class flares 20-22 Jul.\u201d C-class solar flares are \u201ctoo weak to noticeably affect Earth,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sunearth\/news\/X-class-flares.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe solar observations have been greatly mischaracterized,\u201d Theo Stein, a spokesperson for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said in an email to Check Your Fact. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/29\/fact-check-photo-mars-fabricated-nasa\/\">(RELATED: No, This Is Not A \u2018Photo From Mars\u2019 Fabricated By NASA)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/r3-strong-radio-blackout-observed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last significant solar activity<\/a> registered by the NOAA occurred on July 3, when an X-1 solar flare was observed. X-class flares are the strongest type of solar flare and can affect Earth, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sunearth\/news\/X-class-flares.html\">NASA<\/a>. The July 3 flare was the largest since 2017 and caused a brief radio blackout, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/sun-unleashes-x-class-solar-flare-july-2021-video\">Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Instagram claims a \u201cmassive solar storm heading towards Earth could affect GPS, internet and satellites.\u201d Verdict: False The Space Weather Prediction Center\u2019s forecast does not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}