As it turns out, the Sun may be capable of much more powerful solar flares.
Superflares, on the other hand, are 10,000 times more powerful than solar flares.
Flares are a natural phenomena of solar activity.
An artist’s impression of a superflare on a Sun-like star.MPS (Alexey Chizhik)
The Sun follows an 11-year cycle that influences its level of solar activity.
Such storms may severely disrupt technological systems.
The Sun is considered a typical yellow dwarf star.
This indicates that the Sun is less active than most solar analogs, Vasilyev added.
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