stars

la tempête solaire (f)

solar storm

l'éruption (f)

eruption / solar flare / outburst

inédit(e)

unprecedented / never seen before

l'ampleur (f)

scale / magnitude / extent

le jargon (m)

jargon / technical language

l'éjection de masse coronale (f)

coronal mass ejection

brusque

sudden / abrupt / sharp

violent(e)

violent / powerful / intense

la couronne (f)

corona / crown (of the sun)

la particule (f)

particle

propulsé(e)

propelled / launched / hurled

la trajectoire (f)

trajectory / path / course

en plein sur

right in the path of / directly on

avertir

to warn / to alert / to notify

le météorologue spatial (m)

space weather forecaster / space meteorologist

surveiller

to monitor / to watch / to track

l'activité (f)

activity / behaviour

se préparer

to prepare / to get ready

la conséquence (f)

consequence / impact / effect

l'aurore boréale (f)

northern lights / aurora borealis

l'aurore australe (f)

southern lights / aurora australis

l'hémisphère (m)

hemisphere

dès lors

from then on / as a result / consequently

la latitude (f)

latitude

inhabituel(le)

unusual / uncommon / rare

le dégât (m)

damage / harm / impact

énergétique

energetic / high-energy

endommager

to damage / to harm / to impair

le satellite (m)

satellite

perturber

to disrupt / to disturb / to interfere with

la télécommunication (f)

telecommunications / communications

la navigation par satellite (f)

satellite navigation / GPS

la panne de courant (f)

power outage / blackout

plongé(e) dans le noir

plunged into darkness / blacked out

la surtension (f)

power surge / voltage surge

le réseau électrique (m)

electrical grid / power network

provoquer

to cause / to trigger / to produce

rare

rare / uncommon / infrequent

en revanche

on the other hand / however / by contrast

ainsi que

as well as / and also / along with