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Sunspot 15 times Larger than Earth to Trigger Solar Flares and Destroy Grid, Scientists Warn
Disswire.com ^ | 10 February 2024 | Michael Taylor

Posted on 02/10/2024 7:00:07 AM PST by Sam77

The Sun’s surface is currently on overdrive as the Earth enters a period of high cosmic activity, with a major new threat discovered in the form of an enormous sunspot visible from the surface of Mars.

While sunspots are not usually a cause for concern, scientists warn that the gargantuan sunspot group AR3576, which measures over 124,274 miles, could trigger powerful solar flares and wreak havoc on the Earth.

Sunspots, which appear as dark holes on the Sun’s surface, are known to be so disruptive they can trigger coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – large plasma and magnetic releases from the Sun.

(Excerpt) Read more at disswire.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aurora; spaceweather; sunspots
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To: Pilsner
I am glad that some Freepers can be curious, and look behind the various Oz-like curtains to see what wizards one might find.

It is wise to stay curious and skeptical in a world being flooded with schemes and schemers and scams and scammers and some scum.

The Harvard plagiarists have shown how wildly lucrative it can be to simply steal and repackage and call it your own.

21 posted on 02/10/2024 7:36:04 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Lazamataz

spoons will soon be outlawed for contributing to obesity dontchaknow.


22 posted on 02/10/2024 7:40:49 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Sam77

23 posted on 02/10/2024 7:43:51 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: ClearCase_guy

It’s cow farts.

*******

I’d add Bull Sh t also.


24 posted on 02/10/2024 7:44:43 AM PST by deport
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To: Sam77
Could, Might, Maybe.
Just because it's the first time it's been seen doesn't mean it's the first time it's happened (if a tree falls in the woods...).
25 posted on 02/10/2024 7:50:27 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (If the government wants you to have it fight it like your life depended on it - it probably does.)
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To: Sam77

…but are completely unable to accurately tell us if it’s really gonna snow on Thursday…. Mmm Hmmm..


26 posted on 02/10/2024 7:52:35 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: Lazamataz

“...we no longer can produce Cap’n Crunch cereal and...”

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOO, not that!


27 posted on 02/10/2024 8:00:29 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Pilsner

Good catch.


28 posted on 02/10/2024 8:02:18 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: GaltAdonis

29 posted on 02/10/2024 8:04:22 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: GaltAdonis

There’s a little black spot on the sun today…

—- The Police


30 posted on 02/10/2024 8:04:43 AM PST by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: Sam77

Added this to my False Flag list.


31 posted on 02/10/2024 8:06:21 AM PST by know.your.why (<>)
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To: ClearCase_guy

But what if a solar flare scares the **** out if all the cows?


32 posted on 02/10/2024 8:13:01 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Sam77

This is awesome. The last time I remember panic over the Sun was the last Solar Minimum when we were all going to die from lack of sunspots.


33 posted on 02/10/2024 8:17:57 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: GaltAdonis

‘Here comes the sun and I say, it’s alright’. By George he said it best.


34 posted on 02/10/2024 8:18:52 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Thanks the dose of sanity, LOL, 😆.


35 posted on 02/10/2024 8:40:03 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Asking questions is your right.)
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To: Lazamataz; Sam77

Who cares? Don’t you know Taylor Swift is expected to make an epic journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl? Will she make it in time? Perspective, people!


36 posted on 02/10/2024 9:31:28 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Lazamataz
we no longer can produce Cap’n Crunch cereal and there’s no milk anyways and nobody can find a spoon?

But think of all the roofs of mouths that will be saved!

37 posted on 02/10/2024 9:35:17 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons... )
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To: outofsalt
Who cares? Don’t you know Taylor Swift is expected to make an epic journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl? Will she make it in time? Perspective, people!

The world collectively holds its breath.

38 posted on 02/10/2024 9:36:29 AM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Sam77

I would rather have to worry about sunspots than man-caused global warming/cooling. We would come together to solve the problem rather than dividing into camps and fighting each other over the proper response. Elites like the division more.


39 posted on 02/10/2024 9:49:24 AM PST by webheart
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To: Sam77

Same story- different source- was posted here recently.

“We have one, if not two #solarstorms headed for Earth today! The first launched near Region 3555. It is expected to hit early to midday January 22. The second is a side-swiping storm launched near 3559. It may give us a glancing blow January 23. Also, an unstable filament is in… “

A little out dated.


40 posted on 02/10/2024 10:30:04 AM PST by Revel
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