The Sun Is Able To Produce A Potential Devastating Superflare

The Sun demonstrates the potential to superflare, recent research into stellar flaring suggests. Led by the University of Warwick, the research has found a stellar superflare on a star observed by NASA’s Kepler space telescope with wave patterns similar to those that have been observed in solar flares. Superflares are thousands of times more powerful than those ever recorded on the Sun, and are frequently observed on some stars. Typical solar flares can have energies equivalent to a 100 million megaton bombs, but a superflare on the Sun could release energy equivalent to a 100 billion megaton bombs. If the Sun were to produce a superflare it would be disastrous for life on Earth; our GPS and radio communication systems could be severely disrupted and there could be large scale power blackouts as a result of strong electrical currents being induced in power grids. #superflare #stellarflare #gianteruption Images credit: AIA/SDO, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger Music credit: YouTube Audio Library The Charmer’s Call - Hanu Dixit