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Massive Explosion on the Sun: A massive explosion on the Suns surface that was caused by a gas pocket going ablaze, has released billions of tons of plasma particles that are coming towards the Earth. The plasma particles are part of solar flares that can cause a major blackout in some places.

Some of the key warning signs that geologists typically look out for ahead of a supervolcanic eruption may not actually be present in every case, according to a detailed new study of the Toba volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Researchers found evidence of calderas, formed from massive volcanoes that blasted the equivalent of 400 million Olympic-size swimming pools of molten rock and gas.

The Yellowstone caldera was formed after three large erupts over the last three million years. These were the Huckleberry Ridge eruption 2.1 million years ago, the Mesa Falls eruption 1.3 million years ago and the Lava Creek eruption approximately 630,000 years ago. The volcano is located below Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, US, and the area is constantly monitored by the United States Geological Survey for signs that another major event could occur. Mr Oppenheimer went into great detail...

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