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This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video)

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This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video)

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Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 years ago

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'The CME was so large that it warped the sun's magnetic field, disrupting the delicate balance of forces all around our star and causing the large outwards rush of mass.'

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Videos posted to Twitter…. No thanks.
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What would happen if that blast were to hit Earth directly? I imagine we would be pretty fucked.
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  https://spaceexplored.com/2023/11/15/violent-solar-storm-could-knock-out-the-internet-for-weeks-or-months-scientist-warns/
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event?wprov=sfla1
  
  We’d have to touch grass. :( jk (kind of), but it’ll be super nasty though.

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