The Tremendous Power Of Solar Storms | Naked Science Season 6 Episode 2

outer space holds a weapon 100 million times more powerful than an atomic bomb one strike and it could black out a continent from the space age to the Stone Age In A Flash

the sun is capable of producing storms that could black out whole continents North America would be crippled losing the electric power grid even temporarily over an entire continent is a major disruption

the 1859 storm is the most powerful solar eruption to hit Earth in 500 years it's three times stronger than the storm that blacked out Quebec if it had hit today it would probably be catastrophic

solar storms are a serious threat to our high-tech lives in the 21st century the race is on to predict when and where the next one will strike