There is a special radiation that emits from the sun every billion years - it is speculated this is what caused the original mutations and cooked up life. I saw on a documentary the other day that a group of scientists were travelling to a private space station to study a pending radiation burst that they believe is similar to the previous life giving burst of radiation billions of years ago. Tragically they mistimed the event and were subjected to the radiation and the shielding on the space station didn't help them at all - but now they have cool new powers. It was a neat documentary.
LOL
But this one was different.
That chick scientist was so hot.