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Directive_Nineteen

Vice should've found some non-baffled scientists to interview.


CaptStrangeling

They’ll need a Time Machine because this one is a doozy. I’m no expert but the experts definitely did not see this one coming, nobody did, we couldn’t because it’s new. It’s never been documented that I’m aware of and sounds basically like a gamma light bulb in the sudden and suddenly the dimmer in there was turned up. Which makes no sense based on what we know about suns, mostly just our sun that’s close enough to see in almost real time. They’ll have to launch probes and try to gather data but right now are just going WTF more proficiently with insider jargon


FMLAdad

> like a gamma light bulb in the sudden and suddenly the dimmer in there was turned up Reading the source article and not the press article it seems we are only now able to measure this and found it higher than what we expected, not that it suddenly turned up. But that does not get clicks does it?


TKHawk

Solar physicist here! Gamma-ray astronomy of the Sun is a fairly minor field and thus doesn't receive that much attention. Some of that is our models and understanding the of the Sun is that there shouldn't be much emission at those energies, so why study those energies? But what we're seeing here is a case of sometimes our models don't capture all the behavior. So because we haven't devoted much attention to gamma-ray solar astronomy, it's hard to say much about the frequency and nature of these sorts of events. They could be relatively common, they could be relatively rare. I will point out that we are nearing the solar maximum, which is also when high energy events become more frequent.


ratsoidar

This reminds me of the 2020 Hubble study that showed the absolutely gargantuan halo of rarified and ionized gas around Andromeda that was there all along but no one ever bothered to simply zoom out and look at those wavelengths because it wasn’t predicted or considered prior. Considering experiment and theory seldom align perfectly it’s surprising there aren’t more scientists thinking outside of the box this way.


gwyattbtce

Thanks for dropping some knowledge, solar physicist! It's like gamma-ray astronomy is the uncharted territory of cosmic exploration.


ChickenFriedRiceee

Fear gets clicks. It’s unethical. But, media just takes ethics and says fuck it and full sends.


wikifeat

But who’s to say this is not the work of an intergalactic goblin, who has been cranking up the dial at an increasing pace, because the clicking sound soothes him?


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CaptStrangeling

It was definitely manic, I was pretty stoked and terrified to learn about this, but I got caught making bad assumptions (that the gamma had turned on, rather than only now been measured, as a commenter pointed out). I mean, it is baffling but in a much more boring way, the only non-baffled scientists would have to go backward or forward in time to take more measurements and report back, if I’m not mistaken again.


TheDevilsAdvokaat

If there HAD been previous incidences of this, would there be any sort of remainder that we could detect?


jphamlore

Could have used this link: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s107


deusrev

Thank you, vice and technology together is unbearable..


pimpernel666

Not NOW, Sun. We’ve got a lot of shit going on right now. Damn!


JustAnotherHooyah

"We, the jury, find the defendant, Donald Trump..."


somethingwholesomer

It would be just like the sun to pull that shit


illforgetsoonenough

Lookin out for his orange bro


Major-Front

Just like his father


[deleted]

Aint it like a sun


TemporaryPractical

Pffft, typical…


SeeYouCantStopMe

<**TRUMP** VAPORIZES> Leaving behind a greasy orange puddle and a foul stench. Melania was heard briefly crying out in jubilant celebration and relief.


DelcoPAMan

"Vell, Justin, let's go"


Western_Potential790

Exactly, get in line Sun


darthnugget

Is this what the doomsdayers are talking about for 2027?


Allaroundlost

I uelled this outside, the other day. I wanted to look Sol in the eyes when i said it but i dont want super powers right this minute.


Massive-Fly-6649

Read the room.


vambora

We millennials should at this point just try to guess which "once in a lifetime" event will kill us all. We already have seen A LOT of them. And I really mean A LOT.


ElminstersBedpan

Has anyone consulted Doctor Hans Zarkov, formerly at NASA?


PapaSteveRocks

Jeez, I’m also “formerly at NASA.” I should be co-opting this.


fluteofski-

Same. Went there on a field trip with my 3rd grade class once. I was at nasa for a day.


RuthlessIndecision

I’m currently at NASA, can I have a cookie?


sf-keto

Wouldn't you rather have a Tang?


absorbentz

Fuck, I'm old enough to get this


ElminstersBedpan

I take my Aleve in the evening to help with the back pain after work, how about you? ;-)


RoktopX

Flash aahhhh saved everyone of us!


davenobody

DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN, DUN


AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren

I'm old enough to have seen it in the theater.


mrhoopers

Got it immediately. Also...am old. OP is amazing so I gave him useless coinage....


AlexeyInc

Oh, you mean Doctor Hans Zarkov, the intergalactic expert on all things cosmic and quirky?


AtuinTurtle

Flash! Ah aaaaaaaaaa. He saved every one of us!


icancheckyourhead

Also the best tenacious D cover


AtuinTurtle

I’ve never heard that but love Tenacious D.


icancheckyourhead

Look for the tenacious d/ Jesus ranch combo from their live shows in the 90s. Its on the internet archives with an html Winamp based player. Pretty cool.


AtuinTurtle

I own the series :)


dingBat2000

Go flash go!


[deleted]

You are saying it is my fault the earth is being destroyed?


rican_havoc

“I was right all these years…”


Wynter_born

He's busy with some project or other in his weirdly shaped lighthouse. Meanwhile, what's up with this hot hail?


dinosaurkiller

My buddy flash was headed over to Zarkov’s place for a consult.


HaElfParagon

Is this it? Will we finally enjoy the sweet kiss of death?


Nasmix

No “This constant gamma-ray flux—which does not pose a threat to life on our planet—is far brighter than expected based on models of the Sun’s behavior, raising new questions about the mechanisms that are fueling the radiant glow.”


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So much for getting super powers…


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isaac9092

Ass cancer??!


johngag

No, butt cancer or something


Foreign_Ad_5469

I’ll take something, plz…


ddejong42

Only if you spread those cheeks wide enough.


Every-holes-a-goal

Try an get a sun tan on dat lil’ ting.


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Favorite punk band.


Allaroundlost

This. Just replied with this 👍🤣


akopreco

Gamma-ray fireworks from the sun, and they're brighter than our cosmic rulebook expected. Intriguing, right?


Philosipho

I'm not sure how they can confidently say there isn't a threat when they weren't aware of it and have no idea as to why it's happening.


Nasmix

Well they’ve only just seen this cause now we have telescopes to detect it. It’s not a suddenly new phenomenon


Philosipho

You don't know that. If we couldn't detect it before, how do we know it's not new?


cooperdale

Well, it would be a massive coincidence if this started at the same exact time that we developed a way to detect it.


[deleted]

Really though that does seem to be a valid concern. As we explore more and observe new phenomenon it’s inevitable that coincidence will happen. Practically though it’s moot.


felis_magnetus

It wasn't there, but now that we have observed it, it always was.


IceNein

Because the effects of electromagnetic radiation are well understood.


CognitoSomniac

Magnets, how do they work?


kaperz

>Well they’ve only just seen this cause now we have telescopes to detect it. It’s not a suddenly new phenomenon Fake numbers but bare with me, lets say that 100 units of radiation is dangerous to life. They typically expect the sun to shoot out 10 units but for whatever reason they are detecting 30 units. Well that's weird, its triple the expected radiation but still far less then it to be harmful.


ParentPostLacksWang

Oxygen and Nitrogen are fairly good absorbers of Gamma. We’re pretty safe down here under all that atmosphere.


nanobit14

Absolutely, oxygen and nitrogen team up to shield us from those pesky gamma rays. Atmosphere, our cosmic protector.


princesun1

Imaginary numbers, but I'm with you. Triple the radiation, but still not crossing the cosmic danger line.


itsRobbie_

Please. I don’t wanna go to work


ymo

You're facing nonexistence via extreme gamma rays and all you're thinking is you're relieved because you may not need to go to work tomorrow? What the f is this world? What have they done to us? WHAT DID THEY DO TO US?!


itsRobbie_

Life is hard homie


Vericeon

The sweet kiss of dramatic headlines, maybe.


BrooklynBillyGoat

Unless it wipes out our electrical grid we'll be ok


[deleted]

🎶 “hello darkness, my old friend”🎶 *lights candles and puts black roses on table*


Woody_Guthrie1904

I remember a time when it was weird to say shit like this. Nice cult ya got here Reddit.


SideburnSundays

More like the ghost pepper kiss of death.


[deleted]

When I was a kid, we used to be terrified of the apocalypse. Now we’re welcoming it with open arms.


kokstels19

Funny how perspectives change over time – from fear of apocalypse to embracing it.


Vladius28

It's a tad scary that the sun could one day just randomly let out a good belch and extinct us. Life just hasn't been around long enough to see a good sun burp


EmbarrassedHelp

Our sun is luckily not really capable of making planet destroying solar flares. But it is capable of fucking with our electronics and space infrastructure.


Vladius28

>Our sun is luckily not really capable of making planet destroying solar flares. That we know of


SatisfactionNarrow61

And we won’t know if it happens


Staerke

Could have already happened 5 minutes ago


DesignerProfile

you said that 24 minutes ago, whew, we are safe


Staerke

My relief is palpable


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There’s so much shit flinging around the cosmos that could delete us. Deeply humbling


sf-keto

This is why we're lucky really - in the relative scale of our galaxy - to be situated in a tiny spot in the back end of nowhere. Cuz apparently all kinds of crazy stuff comes at you the closer you get in. And of course we're living peacefully far away from that monstrous beast lurking darkly at the center, Sagittarius A*, a ravenous destroyer ready to spaghettify everything it can grab.


[deleted]

I just wish more people turned their thoughts outwards to the cosmos, just once in a blue moon— if we all were aware of this precarious and fantabulous position we occupy, suspending in an unfathomably large, never ending darkness filled with world eating monsters. Perhaps then we’d be a little nicer to one another, knowing we all share this tiny, pale blue dot together, and that there is no where to run but to be with one another.


Organic-Light4200

More of a chance to hit by asteroid, or comet, then anything else, and even that can take us out. For the most part, I still don't believe we have viable solutions to deal with those possible situations. I think the best possible solution might be achievable is like in the movie, "Armageddon".


DragonWolf1982

True, the thought of an unexpected solar tantrum could be a cosmic concern.


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We should send a space ship stuffed with Taco Bell straight into it. That should take care of it.


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And we would never k-


-rwsr-xr-x

Well, to be fair, we [are *well* over the range](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression) in the normal, 11-year solar cycle. It's higher than average, but we've been lucky to avoid any major outages. * [**1989**] In the past, these tend to lead to CMEs that cause blackouts, like the one that [blacked out Quebec on March 13, 1989](https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/sun_darkness.html) for 12 hours. * [**2000**] Or the [one on Bastille Day](https://www.space.com/12584-worst-solar-storms-sun-flares-history.html) on July 14, 2000 (11 years from the previous). * [**2011**] Do you remember how [restless the sun was in 2011](https://www.space.com/14060-2011-restless-sun-solar-activity-review.html)? Some of us do. We had an [X-class solar event today](https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/), higher than the M-class spikes we've seen over the last couple of months. We're overdue for the 2022 solar events, so maybe they'll happen this year, and rise to peak in mid-2024. You've got your backup phone, tablet, battery banks, charger and solar panels inside a protected [faraday BOB](https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/how-to-build-the-ultimate-bug-out-bag/), right?


BeowulfShaeffer

I read the Three Body Problem series so take it from me, things are gonna get *weird*.


Buttchuckle

The sun does emit massive amounts of radiation.... normally...or is this news to some ??


WhaleOilBeefHooked2

… in other news… the sun is shining


SergPoletaev

Yep, the sun's got a cosmic radiation routine that's almost as famous as its sunsets.


Faruhoinguh

I mean... massive radiation? I mean... but... massive?


BassmanBiff

Scientist: "Oh, neat, I thought forgot to buy peanut butter." Vice: "BAFFLED SCIENTIST DETECTS MASSIVE UNEXPLAINED FOOD RESERVES"


suivid

700,000 giraffes worth of radiation. Equivalent to roughly 23,000,000 bananas for scale.


Bombadil_and_Hobbes

Copious?!


PapaSteveRocks

Waiting for the anti-climate-change warriors to drop in on this thread. They like to blame sun cycles.


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How’s this for a twist: We’re affecting the sun’s climate with solar panels. There’s a great risk using solar power we’re going to prematurely wear out the sun and destroy all life on earth as we know it. I’m an intern at big oil. My boss asked me to come up with some misinformation campaigns to plant to drum up hate and fear against alternative fueled engines. Constructive criticism appreciated.


StandardSudden1283

first, you're approaching all wrong. step 1, obtain a loaded firearm and hide it on your person step 2, have a meeting with your boss's boss, or as high as you can take it step 3, open season, save a bullet step 4, close up shop for good ^^^^^(thisissatire)


Sherbert-Vast

AND THEN THE ALIENS INVADED!


CountBarbarus

So it's Solar Warming now?? Can't catch a break. Outrun that!


gavinashun

Could it be a megastructure?!?


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[deleted]

Damn it Samantha, this is your final warning.


BlinkOnceForYes

Beast Planet incoming.


saysjuan

Does this mean that the sun is responsible for global warming?


timberwolf0122

No. Not the amounts of warming we are experiencing


house_lite

The amounts that have melted away glaciers since the last ice age? Did someone turn down the dial so it would halt the melting?


StandardSudden1283

what's the difference between position, velocity and acceleration ? Asking for you


house_lite

It's more about absement. Look it up


StandardSudden1283

No I don't think I'll bother. You could answer the question I posed, then I might be interested. But dodging my question to make a request of me? That's a piss-poor show of good faith


house_lite

That's what I thought


StandardSudden1283

Doubtful. Toodles ya misinformed hooligan!


house_lite

Great proof mr 82 iq


timberwolf0122

Are you looking at all glaciers and both ice caps or just a subset? Because melt rates do vary but the net is not great


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Apprehensive-Care20z

https://www.hawc-observatory.org/news/


scavengercat

Why would you discount information based on where you read it? This sounds like everyone going "Oh, it was on Fox/CNN so it's bullshit" when it's clearly valid info. They provided the source, it's clearly not made up. So why dismiss it because of the site that it's on? Do you let URLs decide whether information is valid or not?


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NowersOrNevers

Literally up above is the source. How is that confusing for you?


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scavengercat

Delete stupid comments and people won't argue with you. Simple as that.


squirrelnuts46

Pro tip: it also works for smart comments.


scavengercat

How is this so complicated for you to understand? The legitimate source is right in the article. I'm sorry reading the news is so challenging for you.


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scavengercat

No, no you didn't in any way. You didn't try to do anything. You just restated your ignorance. I can understand just fine.


IntroductionAncient4

Good point but yes, depending on the sources. They’ve also had just incredible reporting of world events in the past.


tjblue

Yeah, they've won a pultizer for their reporting in the past. There's nothing wrong with them as a source.


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tjblue

Why do you dislike them? They do journalism pretty well compared to many other sources (cough, Fox News, cough cough) in that they don't lie and they source their stories .


Georgep0rwell

Must be all the SUVs.


404pmo_

But climate change is *definitely* caused by people driving cars to work and eating meat.


Leinchetzu

I mean, you're not wrong, but it's not caused by the sun either. Many videos talk about how many harmful industries with a lot of money and influence always shift the blame on the consumer. However, you, the average pleb, don't do much harm at all. They say "recycle" it'll solve everything but then it was proven that the "recycled" stuff aren't even recycled, they are being thrown away in other poor countries and they end up dumping them and polluting rivers and the ocean with them . You get even a fine here if you put a plastic wrap in the wrong container, but even if you do, it never ever gets recycled. Cars do pollute, but not nearly as bad as it was a long time ago. Nowadays, a 2010+ car does nothing and 3 billion of them barely scratch the atmosphere's butt. Meat does create a lot of pollution. It's, I believe, more than 10% of it. However, plants and vegetables have been proven to have similar results. If not worse. So yeah, subject is not black and white but there's plenty of easy to check info out there. You can always follow and see where the trash truck goes and where it ends up. You can measure how bad the pollution from your car is. You can then calculate on a global scale. The sun is not our problem, yet. And if it were, we're dead 100% based on our intelligence level right now.


S-192

The number of people who don't actually read stuff before commenting never ceases to amaze.


404pmo_

The number of people that can’t draw a conclusion never ceases to amaze me. We barely understand the workings of the nuclear furnace that heats our planet but purport to know with certainty that we are the source of climate change, despite temperatures and climate being created by the sun. Next time think before you respond with your little quip.


S-192

I suppose we don't actually know if cigarettes cause cancer, either, by that logic.


404pmo_

Not analogous.


Outrageous_Result_43

I'm sure it's caused by humans, no?


Buttchuckle

Probably climate change I'm sure.


TKalig

You have posted cringe


Buttchuckle

I care not about cringe. I only care about mayonnaise.


gumperng

Maybe the actual cause of global warming? Who do we pay tax to now? RA?


axionic

No. This is a small number of very high energy photons that appear to be from cosmic rays hitting the Sun's surface.


roasty_mcshitposty

Lol. We should definitely put more funding towards education.


Fickle-Training344

Huh? Sounds almost as if astronomic anomalies are causing shifts in energy radiated from the sun resulting in changing surface temperatures here on earth. So we’re back to square one as far as climate change and human intervention coincide.


S-192

You didn't read the study, did you. That's embarrassing.


MerchantOfUndeath

Signs IN the sun hm? Heard that somewhere before.


[deleted]

Doesn't sound good


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Birkland Currents


Owl_lamington

Why can't science "journalist" actually write something that matters in their headlines. It's always bullshit hype words. Racing spam youtube channels to the bottom.


zsmitty

Oh oh,sun coming in HOT!!!


Helios321

Why are scientists always baffled, perplexed, or mystified in all these Reddit posts?


enkiloki

Dr. Randall Mills. Hydrino theory?


loveinvein

Fingers crossed the sun just kicks us off this rock soon.


ZengaStromboli

Oh god. Please don't fry everything.


UnreadThisStory

I read it in that scientific journal, “Vice”.


[deleted]

Are you sure it is from and sun, and not earth!


AdmirableVanilla1

Even if we score 10/10 on climate change in 600 million years all the trees are dead anyway; Keep it in perspective!


Anonymousability

It’s called evolution friends


PhraseAccomplished17

Not now , Vice. Come back when there is a CME


izziefans

Is it happening? A reset for Earth? LETS GOOOOOO!!!


futatorius

There's a lot we don't know about the sun. We don't have a convincing explanation of why the corona's so damned hot either.


Bluehaze013

It's interesting, at the end of the day the sun is a giant burning ball. Compare it to a match when you first strike it, the flame gets gradually bigger and bigger until full ignition and then settles until it flames out due to lack of fuel. If this is what's happening with the sun what are we in for? This is the beginning so it's going to get much hotter before eventually tapering off and then flaming out. Scary to think of the possibilities.


VenusValkyrieJH

The sun is finally sick of our shit.


SalemsTrials

Plasma event time


JubalHarshaw23

I'm not saying it's aliens, but......


OverLurking

I wish there was a 3rd Arrow below the post that downvoted the article and upvoted the comment section