extensive extinctions as well of life of certain kinds on the planet. let's say, it wouldn't be a very good day. the really good thing, craig, is that, the united states researchers have put together enough equipment and enough teams to have been able to identify 98% of the asteroids of this size. that's a really good thing. so we know where most of these of this size are. what we now have to do is we have to turn our attention to identify the smaller asteroids, those that won't destroy the planet or cause a lot of extinctions, but those that might destroy a city or a reg n region. those are some that we have to pay attention to. >> after this solar event, what's next on the horizon, so to speak? >> well, what's next on the horizon is the activity of the sun. the sun is doing very well these days, creating sun spots, solar flares and prominences. folks that live near polar regions or higher latitudes from us down here, are seeing really, really nice northern lights this year, as we're -- during the period of the sun spot cycle,
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