No solar superstorm as powerful as the 1859 event has occurred since, so it is difficult to calculate what impact a comparable storm might have on today’s more wired world. A hint came with the ...

In 1859, for example, an intense solar storm known as the Carrington Event sent global telegraph systems on the fritz, (literally) shocking operators who watched in awe as sparks allegedly flew ...

Historically, the Carrington Event of 1859 demonstrated the havoc solar storms could wreak, disabling telegraph systems across continents. In today's interconnected world, the stakes are much higher.

In 1859, an invisible wave crashed into the Earth ... Lights danced in the sky. It was the largest solar storm ever recorded. If it happened today, it would jeopardize global telecommunications ...

A rare, violent solar storm could knock out vulnerable satellite systems and leave ships stranded without navigation, ...

Space weather refers to the environmental conditions in space, particularly those influenced by solar activity ... geomagnetic storms is the Carrington event of 1859, which is often cited as ...

The Carrington sunspot is renowned for the intense solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) it unleashed in August and September 1859, leading to severe geomagnetic storms. NOAA forecasts ...