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This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video) (www.space.com)
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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://spaceexplored.com/2023/11/15/violent-solar-storm-could-knock-out-the-internet-for-weeks-or-months-scientist-warns/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event?wprov=sfla1

We'd have to touch grass. :( jk (kind of), but it'll be super nasty though.