Can someone explain the significance of this to me??? I'm jy ignorant in this kinda stuff
Ok, look at it this way.
The sun shot a magnet, that has a magnetic field, at earth, which is surrounded by it's own magnetic field. Well when the two fields cross paths, there will be a disruption in the earth's field. Now the effect can, and do vary, from harmless, to putting you light out for a while. Think of it as an EMP pulse.
So if I still have you....
People in the trade calls this "coupling" the holy grail," and how they couple will determine the intensity of what is called a geomagnetic storm.
But the deal is, until it hit, no one knows the intensity or the damage that it caused.
Peace!