Here's a fun question.

[badastro@mastodon.social]

Here's a fun question. Astronomers have found that about once per century, sun-like stars are capable of blasting out immense superflares *thousands of times* more powerful than regular solar flares.

So, um... can the Sun do that as well?

Should We Worry about Solar Superflares?

Stars like the sun might erupt with extreme explosions about once per century

Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com)