Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSolar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruptionwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkSolar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruptionwww.newsweek.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months ago This cloud, if aimed toward the Earth, approaches our planet in around 48 to 72 hours, though some can arrive much sooner. I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
minus-squareShdwdrgn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoTo give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?
To give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn’t even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.