Deadly stars: Our sun could also be superflare star

Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 09:00 in Astronomy & Space

Every now and then large sun storms strike the Earth where they cause aurora and in rare cases power cuts. These events are, however, nothing compared to the apocalyptic destruction we would experience if the Earth is struck by a superflare. An international research team has now shown that this is a scenario we may have to consider a real possibility.

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