life: Astronomers report that in the coming years, our Sun will emerge from a period of relatively low activity and enter an era of potentially destructive behavior — including massive displays of troublesome electromagnetic radiation, coronal mass ejections, and the like. Talk about beauty as a beast… Pictured: The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of a solar flare on November 3, 2011. (see more — Solar Flares: Looking Into the Sun)

life:

Astronomers report that in the coming years, our Sun will emerge from a period of relatively low activity and enter an era of potentially destructive behavior — including massive displays of troublesome electromagnetic radiation, coronal mass ejections, and the like. Talk about beauty as a beast…

Pictured: The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of a solar flare on November 3, 2011.

(see more — Solar Flares: Looking Into the Sun)