This NASA image obtained June 27, 2015 shows The sun as it emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7.9-class, peaking at 4:16 a.m. EDT on June 25, 2015. Photo: AFP
Researchers are divided over what would actually happen should a severe solar storm suddenly hit the planet. Raimund Muscheler from Lund University in Sweden is part of a team which has uncovered more evidence of massive solar storms in the distant past. What they have uncovered has given rise to concerns about what would happen if a similar event were to happen in modern times. Aside from modern technology being knocked out there are real problems for aircraft and satellites foreseen. Raimund Muscheler explains to Jim why we are under prepared for a major storm being thrown out from the sun and what he thinks we could do.
