The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped out our communication and electric grid had it occurred today. For all of that, our Sun is far less volatile than most stars, and this may be a factor in why Earth has a technological civilization. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: Visit our Website: Join Nebula: Support us on Patreon: Support us on Subscribestar: Facebook Group: Reddit: Twitter: on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode’s Audio-only version: Episode’s Narration-only version: Credits: The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 292, May 27, 2021 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jason Burbank Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound