Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns
Observations made using a new method have revealed that sun-like stars produce cataclysmic superflares once every hundred years. Could our sun create one soon?
Sun May Be Overdue for a 'Superflare,' Study Warns
The only way to measure the sun's past activity is to look for evidence of spiking flares in preserved tree trunks and ancient glacial ice. However, these sources haven't allowed researchers to get a real idea of whether the sun releases superflares and, if so, how often.
Scientists find how often sun-like stars emit 'superflares.' It shocked them.
To better understand the superflare risk from the sun, astronomers sought to find how often sun-like stars blast out such potent radiation, and to find an answer they surveyed a whopping 56,000 stars.
Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years
Violent superflares erupt from sun-like stars about once a century, far more frequently than previously expected. As a civilization around such a star, what does this mean for us?
Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years
New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future.
Stars Like Our Sun Explode With ‘Superflares’ Every 100 Years, Study Suggests
The Sun is a giant glowing ball of plasma that keeps our solar system together, but there are billions of stars like it spread out across the cosmos. Although scientists have only been studying the Sun up close for the past 60 years or so,
A Once-A-Century ‘Superflare’ From The Sun Is Long Overdue, Scientists Say
A study of 56,000 Sun-like stars has revealed that stars like ours may experience powerful "superflares" about once per century.
Dangerous ‘superflares’ from Sun more common than scientists thought
Unusually strong solar storms earlier this year triggered "Northern Lights" auroras at much lower latitudes than usual. The post Dangerous ‘superflares’ from Sun more common than scientists thought appeared first on Talker.
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The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought
By Alex WilkinsThe sun may produce extremely powerful bursts of radiation more frequently than we thought. Such “superflares” ...