Second 'Giant Hole' Appears on Sun: Solar Winds to Hit Earth This Week

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Second 'Giant Hole' Appears on Sun: Solar Winds to Hit Earth This Week
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A giant 'hole' has appeared on the surface of the Sun, and it could send 1.8 million-mph solar winds toward Earth by Friday.

30 times the size of Earth. As this first 'hole' begins rotating away from us, a new giant coronal hole – about 18 to 20 Earths across – has come into view.

"This one being at the equator means we're pretty much guaranteed to see some fast wind at Earth a couple of days after it rotates past central meridian," he told Insider. "I would expect some fast wind from that coronal hole to come to Earth around Friday night into Saturday morning of this week," he said.The coronal hole came into view as the Sun rotated.

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