How Dangerous are Solar Flares?

Solar activity is projected to peak the next time around 2025. In this week's video we will look at the risk of solar storms. What is a solar storm, how dangerous are they? What is the biggest solar storm on record and what damage can a solar storm do?

0:00 Intro
0:44 Sponsor Message
1:25 What is a solar storm?
3:34 How do solar storms affect us?
5:57 What's the biggest solar flare on record?
9:06 How big can solar storms get?
10:20 What can we do about it?

#science #space #sun

[timl.b.]

I didn't know that -- or perhaps forgot -- about the storm that might have caused a nuclear war. Showing again, I suppose, that while Nature might be dangerous, we are even more dangerous to ourselves. Good video.

[IdleWorker]

"The answer is not obviously No" - this is my new favorite way of saying "maybe". I will absolutely abuse this to the best of my abilities.

[niklas]

Love it when Sabine goes "well, ACTUALLY" on herself

[aliensoupasta]

😂😂😂😂 @ "stock up on toilet paper" 😂😂😂. The shade is real and I live for it. Keep up the good work!!!!

[Thomas-gk]

funny, entertaining informative and smart science video, please keep up your great communication work

[squirek]

"... maybe stock up on toilet paper." hahahahahahahahaha. I have to admit, Doctor Hossenfelder comes across as a bit stern and humourless, but every now and then her dry sense of humour surfaces, and those moments are awesome. Thank you for "dumbed down" explanations of complex topics.

[Bob_Adkins]

It's amazing that telegraphers understood the solar event, and reacted to it so quickly. Telegraphs were truly the birth of social media, though only a few could participate.

[Brahmdagh]

Coronal Mass Ejection: When a person infected with a corona virus coughs or sneezes real hard.

Yeah, I'll see myself to the door thank you very much...

[nziom]

Imaging unplugging your devices and they still work that would be terrifying

[edl]

I like her. No B.S. straight from the hip. No excessive sensationalism, Plus the professor Lady is a Redhead. Being a RF engineer in the cell phone industry. I would always track solar activity

[jimbrittain]

I LOVE Sabine's outrage at her clone's interruption.

[punditgi]

Danke schön, Frau Doktor Hossenfelder!

[happyhome]

Most excellent presentation. Love the alter ego with the "Really it's a 22-year cycle". Effective overlay of the estimates for the Halloween storm energy. Highly informative, and effective. Well done.

[bobconnor]

Invest in Faraday Cage futures!!
The Carrington Event was supposedly responsible for starting at least one fire ..in a building containing aTelegraph station.

[jamesn]

Very interesting as always, love the outfit. "Maybe stock up on toilet paper" caught me off guard, I watch these uploads for the science and the humor.

[hbar]

Fantastic content as usual, it's always been top notch. Even though it shouldn't matter, I really appreciate how Sabine has taken her production value to the next level. Such an evolution from the earliest videos.

[StreetGang]

"Stock up on toilet paper"Now that is quality humor Sabine.The bad news is that there won`t be any running water to dispose of the TP when it`s use is completed.:o

[davewarri]

Looking good Sabina .
Was i the only one that giggled when the gravitational field shooed away the event horizon of the black hole ? 😁

[josefkrakel]

Sabine's dress represents the time space continuum, with some gravitational distortion ...

[MultiTelan]

"not an original recording" your humor is just precious