Hi Raja, Yes, indeed it does. Things happening at the Sun like flares (bright explosions near the Sun's surface), coronal mass ejections (giant clouds that blast away from Sun into space), and coronal holes (places on the Sun that emit fast solar wind) can cause conditions in space and Earth's upper atmosphere and magnetic field to change. We call this "space weather". Space weather can lead to problems with radio communications, spacecraft, and power lines. It can also cause the beautiful aurora - lights that form high up in Earth's atmosphere. Terry
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