The sun could blast Earth with a solar ‘superflare’ 1,000 times larger than mankind has ever seen
by: David Gutierrez
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Recent studies of other stars have revealed that our sun is capable of blasting the Earth with a solar flare that is far more powerful than anything that has been seen since humans started tracking “solar weather” in the 1970s, warned Kyoto University astrophysicist Kazunari Shibata at the recent Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado. The workshop was sponsored by NASA, the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Such a “superflare” could have catastrophic consequences, knocking out modern power grids and satellites along with all of the basic services that depend upon them.
The largest known solar flare in modern times was the Carrington Event, which occurred in 1859 and caused the aurora borealis to be seen as far south into the tropics as Cuba, El Salvador and Hawaii. According to a 2008 study by the National Academy of Sciences, a similar flare occurring today would have an economic impact greater than $2 trillion.
Superflares more common than previously thought
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