SOLAR WIND, INCOMING: A large hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of solar wind in our direction. Polar geomagnetic storms are likely when the gaseous material arrives on Jan. 31st or Feb 1st. We've seen this hole before. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com to find out what happened the last time it lashed our planet with solar wind.
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Above: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory obtained this false-color ultraviolet image of the hole on Jan. 29, 2019.
