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I thought solar flares interacted in ways that suppressed cosmic rays (such as http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/07oct_afraid/ http://sc

by jmount 12y ago

I thought solar flares interacted in ways that suppressed cosmic rays (such as http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/07oct_afraid/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/07... ), not produced them. But it isn't my field, I could easily be the one who is wrong.

chc 12y ago
The sun definitely produces radiation.
- pmalynin 12y ago
  Like light.
- jmount 12y ago
  But not typically at the so-called "cosmic" energy scale.
  - chc 12y ago
    "Cosmic" is not an energy scale — it's a word meaning "from space." It's not like cosmic dust is very energetic dust or, more relevantly, like the cosmic microwave background radiation is hugely energetic.
- rdmcfee 12y ago
  Sun Burn = Radiation Burn