This correlation may be central to the association of strong particle acceleration with some magnetic storms; scientists are working now to learn more about the exact processes at work.
These sun spots are in fact violent magnetic storms -- often hundreds of thousands of miles in diameter -- which are privy to ejecting massive quantities of plasma out into space.
Imagine a magnetic storm destroying all the world's information infrastructure and technology, leaving a ravaged planet with mankind under the control of a regime that wants him to forget everything.
