The Day the Sun Almost Pulled the Plug on Earth
Solar Flares Fun Fact #1 Pointed out by T.W. Piperbrook in a fun fact post on Facebook— Fun Solar Flare Fact : In 2012, we narrowly missed a Carrington-level solar storm by only 9 days. If Earth had been in a slightly different spot in its orbit, we’d have been knocked back into the 1800s …