How the Universe Works S2E4: Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms
- Aired: 2012-08-01
- Time: 22:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
The Universe is a magnetic minefield. Spinning star systems crackle and explode, magnetic monsters rip worlds apart, star-quakes shoot beams of devastating energy, and galactic flamethrowers fire gamma-rays halfway across the Universe. Could the earth be in the line of fire from the dangerous megaflares from the sun?