How to know if a Data Site will blow up?

[Shang Tsung]

How can you tell if a Data Site will blow up? & how can you possibly avoid it?

& also, can Relic Sites blow up?

thxu.

[ZynXao]

you ran into a "Ghost Site" https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Ghost_Sites

if it has "covert" in its name I suggest you stay away from it unless you are willing to take the risk of getting blown up. when I came across a ghost site I used to switch into a cheap scan ship if I wanted to run the site. the loot is actually quiet good. I think I once managed to hack three containers and made it out alive but I usually chickened out after two. In a bigger ship it is possible to actually tank the explosion but its pretty tough.

as for relic sites, I dont think there are any that just blow up. you might find sleeper sites which have toxic gas clouds and some barrels that can blow up. if you are not careful these will wreck you too.

[Shang Tsung]

How do you know if the site is a Ghost Site or not?

[ZynXao]

if you check the first part of the link I posted you will see "They show up in the anomaly list as "<size> <faction> Covert Research Facility". The <size> is solely dependent on the security rating of the system:

"Lesser" in high-sec
"Standard" in low-sec
"Improved" in null-sec
"Superior" in wormholes"

so while a few things vary depending on the space you are in, they all got "Covert" in their name. if it has "covert" in it, its gonna be a tough site.