A solar storm is a term used for atmospheric effects felt on Earth from certain events that occur on the Sun. You probably think of the Sun as a bright shining light that never changes. In reality, it's an unbelievably huge ball of molten gases that's constantly in flux.
Solar storms occur when the Sun emits huge bursts of energyin the form of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. These phenomena send a stream of
electrical charges and magnetic fields toward the Earth at a speed of about three million milesper hour.