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The article doesn't say this flare is releasing 10 percent of the Sun's total energy. Instead it says: "A good flare can release up to 10% of the Sun’s total e
by rumblestrut 15y ago
The article doesn't say this flare is releasing 10 percent of the Sun's total energy. Instead it says:
"A good flare can release up to 10% of the Sun’s total energy, the equivalent of billions of nuclear bombs exploding. What’s funny to me is that this wasn’t all that big a flare; it was rated as a class M2.5, far lower in energy than the vast explosions from the Sun back in February."
- lutorm 15y agoIt still doesn't make sense. The only way to interpret such a sentence is that the flare is releasing 10% of the Sun's rest-mass energy which of course is ludicrous.
- rumblestrut 15y agoI didn't say it made sense, merely clearing up the quote.