Latest solar superstorm blinded the systems that prevent satellites from crashing in space

The largest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years left a very unusual natural spectacle between May 10 and 12, overlapping with the Northern Lights in a handful of European countries. This storm caused an artificial phenomenon that had never happened before. For the first time — according to a preliminary study by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — the arrival of an intense gust of solar wind in low Earth orbit (LEO) triggered the migration of half of all active satellites. And, as the Sun is in its most active phase, it’s possible that storms like that one will be repeated in 2024 and 2025.

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