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Sufficiently strong and well-directed coronal mass ejection from the Sun can completely destroy our entire electronic infrastructure. Although it sounds like a preview of another catastrophic movie, according to scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, it is a very realistic vision. In their latest research paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, the researchers admit that the inhabitants of the Earth actually have no way to protect themselves from the effects of such a strong magnetic storm. Therefore, they try to at least improve the methods of predicting such events, so that they can warn people about them as much in advance as possible. To predict the occurrence of a magnetic storm on the Sun, you first need to understand how they form. For this purpose, in their work, scientists describe not only their mechanics, but also their interaction with the Earth’s magnetic field. Coronal mass ejections are among the most energetic events in the solar sys...