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Solar storms are a near constant occurrence with millions of tons of charged particles from the sun erupting into space.

Coronal mass ejections, where charged matter that was suspended above the Sun's limbs is ejected into space by magnetic reconnection events, are the sources of the most powerful storms.

These storms affect the entire solar system, the effects of some being recorded all the way beyond Pluto with the New Horizons probe.

And just like other storms we've talked about, not all solar storms are created equal.

The biggest storm on record is the Carrington event, the biggest coronal mass ejection to impact Earth back in 1859.

The effects of it compressed Earth's magnetic field to its atmosphere, creating a near global aurora bright enough to read a newspaper at night.

Had it happened today, it would have likely created major power outages across many countries, acting like a global EMP bomb.

We were fortunate in 2013 as a Carrington-sized CME erupted from the sun, thankfully in the opposite direction from Earth.

But as far as big storms go, the sun is definitely the winner.

Look at how small we are compared to some coronal loops suspended by the sun's magnetic field.

You may consider it cheeky to add solar storms to the list, but we couldn't resist seeing as it has storm in its name.

So there we have it, some of the biggest, weirdest, and most impressive storms found across our solar system.

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