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Just How Big Can Solar Flares Get, and Are We Ready? – The Wire Science
A 21st century repeat of the sort of coronal mass ejection the Sun shot out in 1859 could be disastrous.
The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on December 19, 2014. Image: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
- A solar flare is an eruption on the Sun that can release as much energy as roughly 10 billion 1-megaton nuclear bombs.
- Many solar flares are accompanied…
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