The NOAA-operated GOES-15 spacecraft captured this X-ray image of a massive solar storm on Jan. 23, 2012. CREDIT: NOAA

The radiation storm is here and it’s huge. Scheduled to bombard our planet on January 24th, 2012. It is the largest solar eruption since the last seven years. Experts expect a rise in geomagnetic activity as well as minor disruptions with technology.

This, after last Sunday’s big coronal mass ejection. Yea, there was another eruption just a few days ago and from what Space.com reports, it sounds like it was a big one!

Sunday’s solar flare was rated an M9-class eruption, which placed it just on the verge of being an X-class flare, the most powerful type of solar storm. M-class sun storms are powerful but mid-range, while C-class flares are weaker. –Space.com

So besides a few fluctuations in geomagnetic places and a possibly choppy cellphone reception, right?

I guess I would be comfortable with their explanation on what actually goes on outside our planet. However, there’s this…itching feeling that makes me a bit uncomfortable. Judging by the size of this solar eruption, the coronal mass ejections should be fairly larger and/or more dense than any we’ve seen in the last seven years, right? This should pose a more heavier threat I would assume. Maybe you’d have to kick it up a notch on the SPF 50 or something like that, but the point I’m trying to make is: Why didn’t you read about this in any of the major news sites?

Go ahead, pick any of them. You won’t even see the smallest of “news blurbs” mention this solar eruption. As of this writing: CNN.com, HuffingtonPost.com, LATimes.com, NewYorkTimes.com and even NASA.gov did not have a single post on their front page mentioning the large eruption. Although I did see several articles dedicated to Heidi Klum and Seal. Apparently they’re getting divorced. Well I’ll be….

All joking aside, I don’t understand why this isn’t information we should be aware of. Is it that there is no public interest in solar activity? Or could the reason be more sinister, like governments keeping certain information from its citizens? If that were the case, then there is a lot that they’re not telling us.

Remember that SPF 50 tomorrow please.