2012: No Killer Solar Flare

According to one of the many Doomsday scenarios we have been presented with in the run-up to the Prophecy-fuelled “end of the world” in the year 2012, this scenario is actually based on some science. What’s more, there may be some correlation between the 11-year solar cycle and the time cycles seen in the Mayan calendar, perhaps this ancient civilization understood how s magnetism undergoes polarity changes every decade or so? Plus, religious texts (such as the Bible) say that we are due for aof judgement, involving a lot of fire and brimstone. So it looks like we are going to get roasted alive by our on December 21st, 2012!

Before we go jumping to conclusions, take a step back and think this through. Like most of the various ways the world is going to end in 2012, the possibility of the Sun blasting out a huge,-damaging  is very attractive to the doomsayers out therThe Earth has evolved in a highly radioactive environment. The Sun constantly fires high-energy particles from its magnetically dominated surface as the . During solar maximum (when the Sun is at its most active), the Earth may be unlucky enough to be staring down the barrel of an explosion with the energy of 100 billion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

 

This explosion is known as a solar flare and the effects of which can cause problems here on Earth.e. But let’s have a look at what really happens during an Earth-directed solar flare event, is actually very well protected. Although some satellites may not be…

 The Earth has evolved in a highly radioactive environment. The Sun constantly fires high-energy particles from its magnetically dominated surface as the During solar maximum (when the Sun is at its most active), the Earth may be unlucky enough to be staring down the barrel of an explosion with the energy of 100 billion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. This explosion is known as a solar flare and the effects of which can cause problems here on Earth.