2012 Apocalypse Predictions!
Urban Legends, Myths, and Science Trumors (True Rumors) about Solar Flares —
[Feb. 18]
Despite all the excitement about Solar Flares this week, I wouldn’t go running to your bomb shelter getting ready for some sort of John Cusack 2012 apocalypse movie moment in real-time modern era history just yet. The sky is not falling officially yet — but according to true rumors in Scientific journals, last Monday NASA scientists identified an X-class Solar Flare that sent a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) hurtling from the Sun yesterday toward Earth. Such an ejection, as scientists refer to the winds produced by the Sun,