According to NASA, space weather is created by activity on the sun's surface, "spewing" gas and particles known as solar wind into space that are charged with electricity. The Earth is largely protected from solar winds due to both the planet's magnetic field and its protective atmosphere, the agency said. "And, space weather is as hard to predict as Earth weather. The narrower the distribution of answers -- the smaller the window of time -- the easier it is to predict the weather or rocket re-entry. He said that it was an "intrinsically global problem" that cannot be solved by U.S. Space Force alone and needs to be done with diplomacy, international agreements and eventually an "international space traffic control."

Source: Fox News May 08, 2021 15:45 UTC