Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-year-old tree rings

Re:Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-y... by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 19, 2023 @03:43PM (#37947716)

Oh. I'm adding it to my to-read queue then, and bumping Larry Niven up in the queue in general too. I've been meaning to read his works ever since I learned about Known Space / Star Trek connection.

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Re:Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-y... by _a_a_a_ on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:42PM (#37948449)

I liked his stuff a lot, a soft spot especially for protector.

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Re:Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-y... by ghotli on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:06PM (#37951491)

I liked the Niven/Pournell books and I still think back to them often enough. The Mote in God's Eye and Lucifer's Hammer I think I read back to back. It's been a long time but I really enjoyed them when I was younger.

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Re:Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-y... by coryrc on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:47PM (#37951828)

The misogyny in Lucifer's Hammer did not age well at all. Mote is not as in-your-face with it. I do like all the different kinds of moties.

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Re:Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in 14,300-y... by ghotli on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:11AM (#37952843)

Interesting and not surprised. I don't actually remember any but it's half my life ago at this point

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