>A gargantuan solar explosion took place in 2003 and it was so powerful it multiplied for 20 the limit on our solar storm classification system
>The explosion took place in the exact butthole of the Sun and it went straight into the inverse direction of the Earth, avoiding our extinction, and even considering that it fucked up radio transmitions for weeks
Humanity's history is a continuous "almost" and our existence in this planet is the result of such an amount of coincidences that SOMETHING might be protecting us, are we?
need to keep the loosh farm safe
>>19093120
It also caused a power outage in all of Sweden and ocasional aurorae over Northern Mexico and the Mediterranean, in Halloween. That was the result of the blast, but we didn't even touch the ejected mass. If so, we wouldn't be here posting about that.
>>19093120
Its gonna be all right.
I wouldn't worry about it.
We really should try to spread the fuck out a little, all the eggs are in one basket
>>19093120
Stupid guy here.
If a solar explosion would happen, will we be able to predict it? Or are we fucked either way?
>>19093356
Space colonies when
>>19093388
Not much we can do, minor solar flares do fuck with satellites
It's not even just our star we have to worry about, a gamma ray burst could be heading to us right now and we would have no way of knowing because they're light speed
>>19093426
So what, a good two, three minutes before we get wiped? Wew lad.
>>19093442
What are you referring to?
Even the Sun isn't that close
>>19093442
6 minutes.