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Solar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruption (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This cloud, if aimed toward the Earth, approaches our planet in around 48 to 72 hours, though some can arrive much sooner.

I didn’t realize there was that much variation in the speed stuff comes off the sun. Does it ever clump up, if fast ejections overtake slow ones?

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

To give you a perspective on just how far away the sun is, if it were to blow up right now you wouldn't even see the light from the event for another 8 minutes and 20 seconds.