I'm not an astrophysicist, but this certainly doesn't look to me like it is headed into the camera. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory is in orbit around earth.
Assuming the Sun is a sphere. (duh) and that the Coronal Mass Ejection would travel away from the sun perpendicular to its surface, then it wouldn't be headed towards earth. I think this story is just hype.
I'm not an astrophysicist, but this certainly doesn't look to me like it is headed into the camera. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory is in orbit around earth.
https://files.catbox.moe/6lqxsn.gif
Assuming the Sun is a sphere. (duh) and that the Coronal Mass Ejection would travel away from the sun perpendicular to its surface, then it wouldn't be headed towards earth. I think this story is just hype.
Doesn't have to be a direct hit. Don't think of it as a laser beam - it's more like a wave or a spray.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction
If it acts like a point source, then the energy density would decrease with the square of the distance between the sun and earth. I'm not too worried.
Lot more to it than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZ6HSPkf8U&list=PLHSoxioQtwZcJj_9clLz7Bggso7qg2PDj
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/