Are explosions on the Sun a threat to us

Mankind is playing a dicey game with our closest star The Sun could cripple society in an instant and we are not prepared to stop it We are used to geomagnetic and solar storms caused by CMEs or coronal mass ejections but what if the most powerful CME on record was to hit Earth tomorrow This video was made for my final major project for uni I am very proud with how it turned out but I would love to hear your thoughts about it too I made it with a TV audience in mind hence why it is almost half an hour long It was also my most difficult and time consuming project that I have produced for this channel A big special mention for the man who produced the soundtrack for this video Ramon Polo Check out his other work and his website here a http 3A 2F 2Fthewizardhut com 2F a Also a big thank you to Hull University and the E A Milne Centre for Astrophysics and Alexander Hamilton and Sergei Zharkov If you are interested in learning more about astrophysics especially around their research in solar flares have a look at their website here a http 3A 2F 2Fwww milne hull ac uk 2F a SUBSCRIBE for more videos about our other planets Subscribe a http 3A 2F 2Fgoo gl 2FWX4iMN a Facebook a http 3A 2F 2Fgoo gl 2FuaOlWW a Twitter a http 3A 2F 2Fgoo gl 2FVCfejs a Donate Patreon a http 3A 2F 2Fgoo gl 2FGGA5xT a Ethereum Wallet 0x5F8cf793962ae8Df4Cba017E7A6159a104744038 Become a Patron today and support my channel Donate link above I can't do it without you Thanks to those who have supported so far especially Aber And also Servando Tariq Mulla Garthvater Milo Schuman Eli Birnbaum Solar Anamnesis Alexander Simpson Richard Smiles Flint Corey Patrick Ketaner Paul Bertin Shaheen Ghiassy Steven Rumpel Dermot Carthy Christina Schreiber Jesse Myles Doug Felt Shaheen Ghiassy Will DeRousse Guy Taylor Philip O'Duffy Thomas Burk Matthias Randon Knobiknows John steve Mcjibbers Eduardo Baldioceda JWaldenback Matthias Randon Derrick Ciaran Browne Paul Meyer Support to have your own name added to the list Image Credits NASA SDO SOHO Cat NOAA archive org wikipedia

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