The Sun lets fly a pulsing X-class flare
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Uploaded by TheBadAstronomer on Jan 27, 2012
Blog post with LOTS more info: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/28/the-suns-still-blas...
On January 27, 2012, the Sun erupted in the biggest flare of the year so far, an X2-class. It was twice the power of the flare earlier in the week, but on the edge of the Sun so it wasn't aimed at us. We're in no danger, but it makes for a pretty awesome light show.
Credit: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org
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@Ursacke great. Thanks.
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@vaju79 yeah if there is a strong enough solar flare it could end us. But we are really far away from the Sun, plus we still have our Ozone Layer for now. And the Sun is in a great age its not too old.
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And that, kids, is how X-Men were born.
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Nice
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How much mass does the sun have to lose to add one second to the length of a year?
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weak.
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what happen if one of this targets earth? end of the world?
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@Jeedawg How right you are.
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@Jeedawg aw, c'mon. let the immature idiots have their fun. it's entertaining. :D
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@CognosSquare On the surface (no pun intended) the corona being hotter suggests a violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. After all, how can something that is so "cool" heat up its surroundings by several orders of magnitude? Wiki for "Coronal heating problem" for theories that try to reconcile this.
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Gnug215 4 weeks ago 14
Sun farted with a force of trillion hiroshima bombs. thats it.
elar55 4 weeks ago 10