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Whoa!

There's an alien..

It's shooting at me…

Got it!

Wow – I can see my favourite animal!

Oh – geez!

[laughing]

It is a real doctor –

I felt like I was going to touch it.

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Was it Trump? KOREA welcomes Donald Trump with demonstrations. - Duration: 8:53.

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What if Earth Was Hit by a Giant Solar Flare? - Duration: 5:29.

[♪ INTRO]

Every now and then, you'll hear a story on the news about a new solar storm.

They happen all the time, but they're usually not intense enough to affect Earth beyond

some neat light shows around the poles.

But sometimes, they can be really powerful,

and they have the potential to wreak all kinds of havoc.

In 1859, Earth experienced the biggest solar storm ever recorded.

Back then, it didn't cause much damage, but if we ever get hit

by another storm like it… we're kinda toast.

Solar storms are just outbursts or explosions caused by magnetic activity on the Sun.

Sometimes, as part of one, the Sun will release coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, which are

giant waves of magnetism and the hot, electrically-charged gas called plasma.

If a CME hits Earth, it interacts with our magnetic field

and causes disturbances called geomagnetic storms.

These storms can create beautiful things like the Northern and Southern Lights,

but they can also cause all kinds of trouble.

The solar storm in 1859 was big enough to send two CMEs right at us.

We don't know exactly how strong it was because we didn't have satellites to measure

it, but research suggests it was the most powerful storm in the last 500 years.

When the first CME reached Earth, the Northern Lights were seen as far south as Colombia,

and the Southern Lights were seen as far north as Queensland.

In some places, it was even bright enough to read in the middle of the night.

But the new-fangled telegraph industry also experienced all kinds of electrical failures.

Machines sent and received false signals, and even threw sparks that,

in some cases, started fires.

Other technology, mostly scientific instruments, went similarly haywire.

At the time, no one knew what was happening, but this became some of the first evidence

that auroras are caused by electromagnetism.

Right after these events, two ameteur astronomers named Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson

independently saw a big, white flare on the surface of the Sun,

which turned out to be the second CME!

But except for a few broken telegraph machines, everyone survived the solar storm,

and it's now called the Carrington Event.

It could have been called the Richards Event, but sometimes life lets you down.

Now, these days, we rely on technology way more than we did in 1859.

And if a solar storm of the same magnitude as the Carrington Event hit us…

it'd be rough.

We've put a lot of stuff into space, and we rely on it really heavily.

GPS, cell phones, wireless credit card transactions (like when you pay at the pump for gas),

they're all satellite-based technologies.

And solar storms are especially dangerous to satellites.

Energetic particles from CMEs can damage their solar panels, mostly by short-circuiting them.

And static charges can build up on the satellites' bodies,

which can cause more short-circuiting or false signals.

And even worse, a powerful geomagnetic storm

could even cause satellites to fall out of orbit.

The upper atmosphere is filled with charged particles,

which can be affected by geomagnetic storms.

A bunch of things can happen, but they basically add up to a ton of built-up energy,

which means a lot of heat.

And hot gases expand.

Satellites just outside the atmosphere would suddenly be enveloped in a hot, cushy cloud,

which would create drag that would slow them down.

And if they got slow enough, they'd fall to Earth.

Fortunately, satellite engineers are aware of all of this.

And while they're not able to fully compensate for the damage from an angry Sun, they are

working on developing more resilient satellites.

But the impacts of an enormous storm wouldn't be limited to miles above the ground!

We'd be in trouble down here, too.

Besides the fact that our cell phones would stop working,

we'd also be sitting in the dark.

See, those giant boxes you see along power lines are transformers, and they convert electricity

running through power lines into something your house can use.

Unfortunately, geomagnetic storms can cause induced currents in them,

which can overload them and make them explode.

This is actually the same idea behind what made telegraph machinery spark in the 1800s.

It's estimated that if we had a Carrington Event today,

most of the United States would go dark.

And it would take years to replace the transformers and repair that kind of damage.

Our power grids just aren't prepared for a giant solar storm, but at least we're

getting better at predicting the Sun's activity, thanks to organizations like NASA and NOAA.

Now, if we knew an especially nasty solar storm was on the way, we could at least shut

down transformers so they don't short-circuit.

Then, we'd have only a week or so of Mad-Max-style pandemonium instead of years.

So, we'd be in trouble if the Sun decides to throw a temper tantrum,

but it could always be worse!

Other stars like the Sun can produce massive explosions, called superflares.

And they have energies between 10 and 1000 times that of a Carrington Event.

And that would probably cause total chaos.

But thankfully, recent papers suggest that the Sun probably isn't capable of producing

a superflare, because its upper atmosphere isn't energetic enough.

So if we ever experience a colossal solar storm… just remember:

it could have been way worse!

Thanks for watching this episode of SciShow Space!

If you'd like to learn even more about solar flares and solar storms,

you can watch one of the latest space news episodes,

where we talked about the strongest solar flare in over a decade.

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For more infomation >> What if Earth Was Hit by a Giant Solar Flare? - Duration: 5:29.

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What Chris Hemsworth Was Like Before All The Fame - Duration: 5:16.

There's a lot you may not know about Australian hunk Chris Hemsworth from before he caught

his big break as Thor, Marvel's God of Thunder.

From scrapping with his brothers to starring on an Australian soap opera, here's what we

dug up about the hammer-wielding Avenger before he took Hollywood by storm.

Fashion forward

Given his rugged Hollywood image, it's somewhat surprising that as a young kid, Hemsworth

had a knack for, well, sewing.

"For some reason, cross-stitch was one that I enjoyed."

He told W Magazine, "I think it's because I couldn't afford any cool clothes, so I was

like, 'I'm gonna make them myself.'"

Hemsworth's interest in sewing faded when he tried unsuccessfully to make his own pants,

but the experience set him on the path to his future career.

He went on to explain,

"I had a different idea every week of what I wanted to do professionally.

I'd see movies and be inspired by things."

"I guess that's why acting fits, because I get to pretend to be all those things with

no great amount of risk or effort."

Sibling rivalry

Hemsworth has fond memories of growing up with two brothers — even if their childhood

antics sound more like Fight Club than a Hallmark movie.

On The Graham Norton Show, Hemsworth's brother Liam recalled the two of them fighting when

they were kids.

"Our childhood rivalry was a bit vicious — a bit like The Hunger Games"

He wasn't joking.

Apparently, during a fight in their kitchen, Liam threw a knife at Chris's head.

"The handle hit him in the head"

"OH!

The handle side go him!"

"Yea, it was a warning, it was like, if you mess with me, I'll throw a knife at your head."

A soap star

Though Chris and Liam found success in Hollywood, it was actually their oldest brother, Luke,

who found stardom first — in Australia.

After landing a role on the soap opera Neighbours in 2001, Luke quickly grew disillusioned with

acting and started his own flooring business where his younger brothers often worked.

In 2004, Chris followed in Luke's footsteps and landed a role on the popular soap opera

Home and Away, which led to "heartthrob status" down under — not to mention winning industry

awards.

Dancing down under

While starring on Home and Away, Hemsworth competed on Dancing With The Stars Australia

in 2006 — and lasted seven weeks.

It's a tidbit from his past that he doesn't normally bring up.

But during an appearance on The Tonight Show, Jay Leno surprised him with a clip from his

dancing competition days.

The audience applauded wildly, but Hemsworth assured them,

"That ended my dancing career."

Captain Kirk's dad

In 2007, Hemsworth left Home and Away — and Australia — to pursue an acting career in

Hollywood.

Before long, he made his big-screen debut in the 2009 reboot of Star Trek, playing Captain

Kirk's doomed father in an intensely emotional opening scene.

Despite that fast break, Hemsworth almost quit acting and moved back to Australia after

Star Trek.

He was turning heads, but the roles weren't exactly pouring in.

"I was ready to pack it in and come home.

It was like, 'This is killing me.'"

Work begets work

After a nine month dry spell, Hemsworth landed a role in Cabin in the Woods, a horror movie

produced by Joss Whedon, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator who would later go on to direct

Marvel's The Avengers.

Cabin didn't see the light of day until 2012, but it helped Hemsworth make an important

connection.

It was Whedon, along with Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard, who encouraged him

to re-audition for the title role in Thor, after he'd already auditioned once and been

rejected.

"Both of them were looking at the trades at this sort of top five guys for Thor and saying,

'Why aren't you in the mix here?

What happened?'

I said, 'I don't know.

I blew my audition, I guess.'"

After a supportive phone call from Whedon to Thor director Kenneth Branagh, Hemsworth

was back in the mix.

And the rest was history.

"I'm glad you know this."

"Know what?"

"I know that…"

"Know what?"

(laughs)

Superhero strength

After landing the coveted role of the God of Thunder, Hemsworth started preparing for

the role and quickly realized he needed to get bigger.

He told the Los Angeles Times, "They kept saying 'Yeah, get as big as you can, as big

as you can."

Months later, when he returned for a final camera test, he put on his costume and went

numb within a couple minutes.

His costume was altered, but the director still told him to cut back on his thickness.

"Ken said, it's good you know. You've got the size there. You should pull it back just a little bit.

It's just sorta blocky."

Hemsworth switched up his workout program to include more cardio and less heavy lifting

— though you wouldn't know it from watching the movie.

"It's a good look."

A Red remake

In 2012, a year after the success of Thor, Hemsworth appeared in a remake of the 1980s

classic Red Dawn.

With a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 13 percent, the movie wasn't exactly a hit.

It also seemed like an odd follow-up film for Hemsworth — and that's because it really

wasn't.

During the dry spell after Star Trek, Hemsworth landed Red Dawn in the same week he got the

title role in Thor.

And like Cabin in the Woods, the movie was actually shot before his Marvel days.

Regarding the delay in his earlier films, Hemsworth told MTV,

"During shooting, I didn't have any clue there would be problems.

And then afterwards, I heard there was a holdup and they were having some delays, and now

it's kind of a Benjamin Button thing.

As my films come out, I get younger and less experienced."

"It's like it upsets me now."

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Melania Visits Japanese School Kids, Liberals Freak Over What's Written On Her Paper - Duration: 4:24.

On Monday, while President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hit the

golf course, First Lady Melania Trump and Abe's wife toured the Kyobashi Tsukiji school,

where they were greeted by hundreds of students, who were excited to meet the American first

lady.

However, those on the left freaked out when they noticed what was written on a paper on

which Melania was practicing her calligraphy.

Perhaps this simple statement is the reason why the mainstream media has refused to praise

FLOTUS' trip to the Japanese school.

For some reason, the media mostly ignored Melania's trip to the Kyobashi Tsukiji school

on Monday, even though it was clear from the reception she received that the Japanese school

children had been preparing for some time for her visit and could not wait to meet her.

President Donald Trump is currently in the midst of a historic two-week trip through

Asia, and accompanying him on the journey is his stunning wife Melania Trump.

The first lady has spent much of her time overseas thus far with Akie Abe, the wife

of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Melania and Mrs. Abe have been fostering a friendship ever since the Abes visited the

U.S. in February, shortly after President Trump's inauguration.

For their visit to America, Donald and Melania Trump hosted Shinzo and Akie Abe at their

luxury Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

This week, it is the Abes who are hosting the Trumps in Japan, where they have been

treated to the finest accommodations.

Indeed, foreign relations between the U.S. and Japan have seemingly never been better,

and President Trump noted as much, calling the relationship "extraordinary" and tweeting,

"I don't think we've ever been closer to Japan than we are right now."

Melania and Mrs. Abe bonded on Monday during their visit to Kyobashi Tsukiji school, where

the American first lady was given a hero's welcome as soon as she arrived, according

to The Gateway Pundit.

While the President relishes displays of military might and ceremonial showing off, his wife

has demonstrated she far prefers more intimate interactions, specifically with children.

That's likely why she and Mrs. Abe visited Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School.

At the sight of the 200 or so uniformed students assembled to greet her in the school's gymnasium,

Trump's face lit up — she high-fived them, was drowned in hugs and posed for a group

photo, where, like the kids, she made a peace sign with her two fingers.

A Japanese calligraphy lesson was next; the fourth-grade classroom erupted in applause

as the two first ladies entered, mindfully watching the children draw brush strokes.

"Beautiful characters," Trump said as she paused to admire their work.

At one point, she even sat down at a small table, answering, "fantastic, would love

to," to a question of whether she, too, would like to try.

[Source: CNN] Before Melania was finished, she had expertly

written the word "peace" in Japanese calligraphy on her own pristine piece of white paper.

Posing for photographs, she proudly displayed her beautiful work of art after a little help

from a friendly female student who told her that she would see the best results by holding

her brush "vertically."

First Lady #Melania #Trump poses with Tokyo elementary students

— Constitutional Drunk (@USSANews) November 6, 2017

Melania Trump attends a calligraphy class of the 4th grader at Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary

School in Tokyo

— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) November 6, 2017

The message of "peace" has been a persistent sentiment during the first family's visit

to Japan, and with an increasingly hostile North Korea, nothing could be more important

at this moment in time.

Melania's grace and class during this diplomatic visit to Asia is a welcome change to that

of her predecessor.

The warm reception that she received from the children at the Japanese school on Monday

serves as proof.