@Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoSolar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruptionwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-square@AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-211 months ago This cloud, if aimed toward the Earth, approaches our planet in around 48 to 72 hours, though some can arrive much sooner. I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
minus-square@Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoTo give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
To give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.