"something Exploded On The Sun's Far-side..."

[Delta4Embassy]

"SOMETHING IN THE OFFING: During the early hours of Sept. 26th, something exploded behind the southeastern edge of the solar disk. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed a massive plume of debris rising over the sun's limb:

As the inset shows, the plasma-plume was big enough to swallow dozens of planets Earth. In this case, however, Earth was not in the line of fire. The ejecta will completely miss our planet.

X-rays from the eruption registered C8 on the Richter Scale of Solar Flares. The actual intensity must have been much higher, though, because the flare was eclipsed by the edge of the sun. The underlying active region might be potent.

In a few days, the blast site will emerge into view as the sun's rotation turns it toward Earth. Then we will be able to evaluate its potential for future eruptions, increasingly geoeffective as the sun slowly spins on its axis. Stay tuned!"
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers solar flares auroras and near-Earth asteroids

Just a flare, but on the off-chance we're about to revert to the stone age thought I'd mention it.

 

[Old Rocks]

Don't think it would put us in the stone age, but a Carrington Event could definately deal us a body blow. Those of us with experiance in old tech would definately be in demand.

 

[saveliberty]

It was reported global warming was the cause....

 

[Old Rocks]

It was reported global warming was the cause....

It has been reported that you are terminally stupid.

 

[saveliberty]

It was reported global warming was the cause....

It has been reported that you are terminally stupid.

It is fact you have no sense of humor.

 

[guno]

Don't think it would put us in the stone age, but a Carrington Event could definately deal us a body blow. Those of us with experiance in old tech would definately be in demand.

So my slide rule will come in handy once again!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Don't think it would put us in the stone age, but a Carrington Event could definately deal us a body blow. Those of us with experiance in old tech would definately be in demand.

So my slide rule will come in handy once again!!

You'd have to stop sitting on it first

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It was reported global warming was the cause....

that CO2 ain't kidding

 

[boedicca]

It was reported global warming was the cause....

Really? I thought it was Boooossshhhhh's fault...or perhaps the Koch Brothers'.

 

[guno]

Don't think it would put us in the stone age, but a Carrington Event could definately deal us a body blow. Those of us with experiance in old tech would definately be in demand.

So my slide rule will come in handy once again!!

You'd have to stop sitting on it first

 

[Vikrant]

Sun is a walking talking massive hydrogen bomb. Hopefully, it will continue to stay under control. But it can one day decide to explode. If that happens, we are not far enough to survive. Even a high intensity flare which can penetrate through Earth's shield can cause havoc on all life forms in the directed area. Our existence is a gift of randomness. We should enjoy it as long as it lasts. Because, it will not last forever.One day we are going to get unlucky and it will be all over for all of us.

 

[Samson]

Sun is a walking talking massive hydrogen bomb. Hopefully, it will continue to stay under control. But it can one day decide to explode. If that happens, we are not far enough to survive. Even a high intensity flare which can penetrate through Earth's shield can cause havoc on all life forms in the directed area. Our existence is a gift of randomness. We should enjoy it as long as it lasts. Because, it will not last forever.One day we are going to get unlucky and it will be all over for all of us.

 

[whitehall]

"Evaluate the potential for future eruptions", political speak for bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.

 

[saveliberty]

Here comes the Sun ...

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Sun is a walking talking massive hydrogen bomb. Hopefully, it will continue to stay under control. But it can one day decide to explode. If that happens, we are not far enough to survive. Even a high intensity flare which can penetrate through Earth's shield can cause havoc on all life forms in the directed area. Our existence is a gift of randomness. We should enjoy it as long as it lasts. Because, it will not last forever.One day we are going to get unlucky and it will be all over for all of us.

Use the h-bomb analogy all the time cautioning people to avoid tanning. The Sun is indeed a big hydrogen bomb going off every second, so how healthy does that sound to lie out exposing yourself to? Tanned skin is not healthy skin, it's damaged skin pigment increasing your chance of developing skin cancers. And the exposure is cumulative over our lifetimes. It doesn't reset to zero every Spring.

 

[Vikrant]

Sun is not massive enough to yield supernova. However, it does have enough Hydrogen that if the current equilibrium which is nicely regulating the influx of Hydrogen to the core gets interrupted, things can quickly get out of hand and can result in massive explosion. There was a record of Sun like star exploding and destroying its planets. And, I am not talking about Red Giant phase of a star. I am talking about sudden explosion.

 

[whitehall]

The sun is the freaking boss. It is the master of the universe as we know it. What happened 10,000 years ago when the earth was in a deep freeze? We should enjoy the moderate temperatures we have today because low, low, low temperatures are the enemy of life.