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Sources & further information: https://sites.google.com/view/quellen... Our sun. Round, smooth and peaceful. Except when it suddenly spits out radiation and plasma at random. Such solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, can hit the Earth and have serious consequences for humanity. How exactly does something like this happen, how bad can they get and can we protect ourselves from them? Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2n8dAE5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/2n6AUBX Twitter: http://bit.ly/2DDeT83 Instagram: http://bit.ly/2DEN7r3 Things explained – Kurzgesagt is a science channel that explains complex topics from space research, physics, biology, politics, philosophy and technology in a simple and understandable way in animated form. We publish a new video in German every two weeks. Sometimes translations from our English-language channel, sometimes exclusive content for the German market. Since September 28, 2017, Things Explained – In Short has been an offering from funk.