17K views · 773 reactions | Space exploration is still fairly new to scientists and there are still numerous areas that are undiscovered. The fear remains that at any point a large object from space could come hurling towards the Earth. Scientists discuss the possibilities of a mass extinction event happening and what exactly the threat from outer space is. Watch more like this on discovery+ : https://bit.ly/2XoYCP4 | Love Space | Facebook

A coronal mass ejection erupted from the Sun on April 17 and passed Mars overnight on April 21-22. https://go.nasa.gov/3tMY2FV NASA’s STEREO-A and ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft detected a coronal mass ejection, or CME, leaving the Sun on April 17 at 12:36 p.m. EDT. This CME did not impact Earth but did move toward Mars, passing the planet in the late evening and early morning hours of April 21 and 22. The CME reached Mars two days after NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in