Sun Could Release A Billion-Megaton-Bomb Superflare
New research out of the U.K. has found that, based on observations of a star with wave behavior that is similar to solar flares, the sun has the potential to release a superflare which contains the energy equivalent to a billion megaton bombs.
Our sun has been known to flare, but a recent study warns that a dangerously high release of energy, called a superflare, is also possible.
A team from the U.K. came to this conclusion by studying the phenomenon on a star with similar flaring properties as the sun.
The primary author Chloe Pugh explains, “We have found evidence for multiple waves, or multiple periodicities, in a stellar superflare, and the properties of these waves a
Our sun has been known to flare, but a recent study warns that a dangerously high release of energy, called a superflare, is also possible.
A team from the U.K. came to this conclusion by studying the phenomenon on a star with similar flaring properties as the sun.
The primary author Chloe Pugh explains, “We have found evidence for multiple waves, or multiple periodicities, in a stellar superflare, and the properties of these waves a
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