I believe it’s “People should not fear space weather because violent events are rare and space is vast” because the paragraph wants to convince you that space weather shouldn’t be one of things you should be worrying about.
Answer:
analogy
Explanation:
an analogy is where 1 thing is compared to another. "Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun" comparing attention to sunflowers to the sun
Gerund as it functions as a subject of your sentence as well.