How much destruction can a Solar Storm cause on Earth? NASA tells us the SCARY truth
Home Tech Tech News How much destruction can a Solar Storm cause on Earth? NASA tells us the SCARY truth A solar storm can be deadly. We all know it, we have read about it and every time a new solar storm hurtles through space \towards Earth, we read about it in the headlines. But just how destructive can a large solar storm be? You will be forgiven for taking the space weather phenomenon that causes beautiful aurora lightly. But in reality, it is one of the most destructive forces of nature. We just have not seen the true extent of it so far, but it has happened earlier on Earth. And while it may not kill humans directly, it can definitely create situations that can lead to mass deaths. While NASA continues its research into solar storms, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CME), we have found out a lot about the destructive potential of solar storms.Recently, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) created history when on February 15, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft took unprecede...