Another strong shot from the Sun that was not "aimed" at the Earth!
Actually though, it is pretty clear that we and our planet are "sitting ducks". And, if the Sun ever aims just right with a big major shot, we are totally unprepared. We may be able to stop an incoming asteroid, but we are defenseless to whatever the big sun-shots might hit us with!!
Published February 19, 2014 / FoxNews.com
It's freezing in North America -- but things are heating up on the sun.
A huge magnetic filament shot out of the sun Monday, sending shockwaves racing at 1.7 million miles per hour and a brief roar of static through shortwave radios across the planet. And with a geomagnetic storm causing Northern Lights to dance across the Canadian border and into North America, the sun is clearly acting up.
According to a report on Spaceweather.com, Monday's massive blast shot off the sun and into space, away from our planet, so it didn't have the same effect on radio signals, power grids and communication satellites that an Earth-facing eruption would have.
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