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Did a solar flare cause tunguska and devestate a huge area of forest in Russia?
matthyaouw said:Why do you think a solar flare could be responsible? How could one bring about what happened?
Um.. No. I don't think that would be possible.battery said:... if gas is ejected from the sun I thought it might cool on its way to Earth and be held together as a ball by electric charges in the form of ions and then heat up similar to a meteor as it fell through the Earth's atmosphere...
g33kski11z said:Um.. No. I don't think that would be possible.
battery said:Some people say they have seen ball lightning on the Earth which is not supposed to be possible.I think the question is: is it possible to heat a ball of gas with a weak gravitational filed - a small mass -to a very high temperature and for that ball to be stable over a long period of time.The answer could be yes if either:
(a) the ball is essentially electromagnetic in nature and made of regions of high negative charge density separated and insulated ( insulated so charges don't come together quickly and form neutral atoms or molecules )from regions of high positive charge density.
(b) the ball is made of quarks held together by the strong force
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A ball of quarks would be potentially very energetic and explosive if the quarks became pions on hitting the Earth's atmosphere, and the pions then decayed into photons ( a well established decay mode for pions).
There is no scientific evidence to support the theory that a solar flare caused the Tunguska event. Solar flares are bursts of energy that occur on the surface of the sun and can affect Earth's magnetic field, but they are not known to cause such large-scale explosions on the planet's surface.
Some scientists have proposed a connection between the Tunguska explosion and a solar flare, but this theory has not been widely accepted. The timing of the Tunguska event and a solar flare in 1908 is purely coincidental, and there is no concrete evidence to support a direct link between the two events.
No, a solar flare is not capable of causing the same level of destruction as the Tunguska explosion. Solar flares can potentially disrupt satellite and communication systems, but they do not have the energy or impact to cause explosions on Earth's surface.
The most widely accepted explanation for the Tunguska event is that it was caused by the impact of a large meteor or comet. This theory is supported by physical evidence, such as the presence of impact craters and debris, as well as eyewitness accounts of a bright object in the sky before the explosion.
While some scientists continue to explore the possibility of a connection between solar flares and the Tunguska event, the majority of research has focused on other explanations, such as meteor impacts. There is currently no significant ongoing research on this topic, as most evidence points towards a meteor or comet as the cause of the Tunguska explosion.