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A once-in-a-century “super flare” on the Sun is long overdue.
Scientists analyzed photometric data from the Kepler space telescope, which searched for planets around stars between 2009 and 2018.
The likelihood of a powerful solar flare knocking out power grids and satellites may be higher than previously thought, according to a new study.
A study published in the journal Science studying 56,000 Sun-like stars found that powerful superflares should be expected from our Sun about once every century.
Solar flares are intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation from sunspots on the Sun, releasing enormous energy in short periods of time, which travels at the speed of light, affecting the upper…