• Question: what would happen if a solar flare hit the earth?

    Asked by Spoon ninja monkey to Andres on 9 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Andres Olivares del Campo

      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 9 Nov 2016:

      Hi!

      Actually, I do not think this is possible, as the Earth is so far away from the Sun that they will never be able to hit us. However, the “dangers” of solar flares is that they emit very energetic particles towards us, which can be harmful if we do not have the right shielding. Luckily for us, the atmosphere and the magnetic field of the Earth protects us from it (at least, so far!).

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