Solar storm, also known as geomagnetic storms or typhoons, causing disorder in the earth's magnetic field and can cause serious damage to communications satellites and power grids. According to estimates, the storm can cause damage about 2 trillion for communications systems and power grids. MWA telescope, the world could save billions of dollars that thanks to the ability to accurately, early predict and its magnetic storms.

MWA is made up of a network of antenna as a spider web, radio waves from the sky, and every few seconds to create a new image. Covering an area of about 3 km in the Shire of Murchison's sparsely populated Western Australia, Perth is about 800km, MWA helps clearly observe the sun and track solar storms, as they appear to be able to respond before they reach earth. MWA telescope is likely to be put into use immediately because the sun is about to go into a period of unstable operation.