The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped out our communication and electric grid had it occurred today. For all of that, our Sun is far less volatile than most stars, and this may be a factor in why Earth has a technological civilization. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/glqquB56j_Y Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: The Fermi Paradox: Solar Flares Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 292, May 27, 2021 Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jason Burbank Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg Keith Blockus Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.