Solar Flare 2024 Effects On Humans. Discover what solar flares are, what causes them and the effects they have on earth in our solar flare guide. A burst of radiation that can range across the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays and x rays to radio waves and visible light.
Dazzling auroras—like this one over northwestern england—were the most noticeable effects of a powerful geomagnetic storm that struck earth on may 10, 2024. Heliophysicists and other scientists studying “space weather” warn that flares and related solar outbursts can indeed interfere with modern life by damaging power.