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cm0002@toast.ooo to World News@quokk.au · 8 months ago

Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth

www.livescience.com

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Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth

www.livescience.com

cm0002@toast.ooo to World News@quokk.au · 8 months ago
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A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is on par with the infamous sunspot that birthed the 1859 Carrington Event — but, for now, it's staying quiet.
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  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Welcome to the human race.

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    Bets are on. Mine is that, at worst, many satellites will be zapped out. But nothing large will happen with electrical devices down on Earth.

    If an equally powerful blast impacted Earth today, the radiation would knock out every satellite in orbit around our planet, recent simulations revealed. It would also wreak havoc on the ground, potentially damaging parts of the electrical grid. Experts estimate that the total damages would easily exceed $1 trillion.

    Oops.

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      Time to find a Faraday bag big enough for my 1996 Geo Metro…

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

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    Please.

  • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
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    Holy clickbait title

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    Well fuck.

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    It looks like intestines

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    Cool.

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