Our understanding of the relationship between sun and earth has barely begun to sprout. Popular discourse tends to be dominated by Newtonian ideas, as if earth

Our understanding of the relationship between sun and earth has barely begun to sprout. Popular discourse tends to be dominated by Newtonian ideas, as if earth was simply a rock in empty space orbiting a massive fireball called the sun. We landed on the surface of the moon by using such approximations. But they fail to explain many observations that modern technology has opened our eyes to. For example, the coronal heating problem [1]. Possibly one of the greatest unanswered questions in astrophysics. Why does the temperature of the sun’s atmosphere increase as you get further away from the surface? We still don’t know exactly. But we have some hints. Voyager 1 revealed to us that the dynamics of the heliosphere are much more complex than we imagined [2]. And we have observed that the sun emits a powerful electromagnetic field, which is intimately connected to a variety of spectacular phenomena here on earth. Like the northern lights, aka auroras [3]. Or massive electrical discharges in thunderstorms which reach into the highest layers of Earth’s atmosphere [4]. So I implore you to consider, why wouldn’t earthquakes be explained by solar dynamics? If not completely, at least partially. It seems we may be on the cusp of realizing that our solar system - and perhaps our entire galaxy - is connected through electromagnetism. Entirely new fields like “space weather” and “plasma cosmology” are rising up from the depths of ideation and research. What a time to be alive. [1] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-and-the-curious-case-of-the-hot-corona https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-parker-sola... [2] https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager-092205-feature.html https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/voyager-092... [3] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-themis-sees-auroras-move-to-the-rhythm-of-earth-s-magnetic-field https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-themis-sees... [4] https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spd/sprites.html https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/spd/sprites.html