Future Space
The sun is unpredictable – and this was demonstrated once again a few months ago when NASA recorded the strongest solar flare in almost 20 years! In fact, the event was so extreme that it was felt even at the bottom of the sea and caused considerable disruption to the compass data of an underwater measurement network off the coast of Canada! When solar storms sweep across the Earth, they can throw our technologically advanced world into chaos. But how do these particle storms from space actually form – and why do they sometimes have such dramatic consequences for life on Earth? Today, we reveal the turbulent forces that really lie within our mighty central star – and why we have underestimated the danger of superflares for so long!
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