The Sun just slammed Venus with a massive blast of radiation and charged particles, and the hit was so strong it stripped parts of the planet’s upper atmosphere right into space, leaving scientists wondering what could happen if Earth took a similar punch. Venus doesn’t have a protective magnetic field like ours, so the solar storm shredded through it like a cosmic blowtorch and lit up the planet’s sky with extreme auroras. The blast was powerful enough to disrupt spacecraft orbiting nearby, which shows just how intense solar storms can get when the Sun decides to unleash one. Researchers say events like this remind us that Earth isn’t completely safe. Credit: NASA Video / YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP4xB5bH1ic Coronal Hole: By NASA/SDO – https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/coronal-hole-front-and-center, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44242144 Solar Magnetic Field: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4623#24684 Parker Solar Probe: By NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe, Johns Hopkins APL/Ben Smith, GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14035/ Heliosphere: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20363/ Coronal Holes are Smiling: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5102/ Sun’s Atmosphere: By NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14865/ Space Weather: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20392/ Solar Wind: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13506/ Solar Energetic Particles: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20320/ Coronal Mass Ejection: By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3902/ Dayside Ionosphere: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4504/ Limb view: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4540/ Strong Solar Flare: By NASA/SDO, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14709/ SDO Video Toolkit: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14126/ Fiery Looping Rain: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11168/ Solar Cycle 25: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14592/ Powerful Sequence of Flares: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12706/ X9.0 Flare: By NASA/SDO, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14701/ Magnetic Reconnection: By NASA's Conceptual Image Laboratory, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20310 coronagraph: By ESA/NASA/SOHO, https://science.nasa.gov/image-detail/coronagraph/ Solar Wind Strips: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and the MAVEN Science Team, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4370#22590 Solar Wind Disappeared: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14477 Coronal Mass Ejection: By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3867/ CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/: Aurora Australis: By ESA/NASA – http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2012/03/Aurora_Australis_as_seen_from_the_ISS, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73731114 Space Aurora: By ESA – http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/09/Space_Aurora, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65129263 Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightplanet/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me —————————————————————————————- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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