I’ve been consuming a lot of space weather related content for the past couple of years. I understand some of it, but I don’t have a science degree or anything. I understand that there are always risks of CME’s, and that the Sun is in solar maximum, the earths magnetic field is weakening, and there appears to be some connection between coronal holes/sunspots, low density solar winds, and geophysical activity on Earth…but I just discovered this guy, Ben Davidson of Space Weather News, and he’s really blowing my mind. Intuitively and based on some of the recent solar activity, it seems to make sense. Does anyone have a good resource that fact checks his claims?
“The Sun Will Micronova”:
His appearance on the Matt Beall Limitless podcast:
No, since :
A micronova is a putative type of thermonuclear explosion on the surface of a white dwarf (…)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicronovaBen Davidson just seems to be an internet nutter, I wouldn’t burn the time considering him.
Thanks, he’s doing media rounds promoting his new movie. He sure is polished, avoids some of the obvious kookery of his predecessor Doug Vogt.
No.
Micronovae are a recent theory for explaining observational data, having been suggested only a few years ago. So it will be difficult to make specific predictions about whether they will occur for a specific star system.
That being said, they would occur in a binary star system (2 stars in a gravitationally bound orbit) when a white dwarf accretes matter from the other star in the pair. Our sun is not in a binary system and isn’t a white dwarf, so a micronova can’t happen.
I haven’t watched the videos you linked but I would caution against listening to someone making that sort of claim. They aren’t operating in evidence based science.
Yes, within a few weeks probably. Repent and give me all your money.
No no, 7uWqKj is a false prophet. You should repent and give me all your money instead!
Burn heretic
