Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoHuge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackoutswww.dailymail.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down14
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkHuge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackoutswww.dailymail.co.ukRenneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squaredragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoHow many times we gonna hear earth getting bombarded with flares causing catastrophe and yet nothing?
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWell no, we’ve had bad incidents. If you remember around 2000ish there was a pager and cellphone blackout because of flare activity. https://www.google.com/amp/s/tech.hindustantimes.com/amp/tech/news/the-solar-storm-that-shook-the-solar-system-know-all-about-the-shocking-bastille-day-event-71689407473952.html
minus-squaredragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo I don’t remember that one but thanks for the link!
How many times we gonna hear earth getting bombarded with flares causing catastrophe and yet nothing?
Well no, we’ve had bad incidents. If you remember around 2000ish there was a pager and cellphone blackout because of flare activity.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/tech.hindustantimes.com/amp/tech/news/the-solar-storm-that-shook-the-solar-system-know-all-about-the-shocking-bastille-day-event-71689407473952.html
No I don’t remember that one but thanks for the link!