Although a severe solar storm made headlines last year, a 166-year-old event still remains for the most powerful bombardment ...

No spacecraft would be safe in the wake of a solar storm like the 1859 Carrington Event. Europe has just run its most extreme ...

New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting ...

On Sept. 1, 1859, Richard Carrington, a solar astronomer, witnessed an unusual clump of sunspots that suddenly and briefly flashed brightly before they disappeared. Just before dawn the next day, ...

The morning of 1 September 1859 was lovely and sunny in the south of England. That was good news for amateur astronomer Richard Carrington, who had a particular fondness for observing the sun. That ...

In addition to the wonderful sky sights of November we have an extra bonus — the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights, also known as the aurora, Thursday night and perhaps the next few nights.

Like many Victorian gentlemen of means, Richard Carrington did not need to sully himself with labor; instead, he turned his energies to the study of natural philosophy. It was the field of astronomy ...

The European Space Agency has conducted its most severe solar storm simulation yet, warning that a Carrington-level ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Solar flares are relatively common events, but the flare that set off the ‘Carrington Event’ on Sept. 1, 1859 was anything but common. It was then that an English astronomer, Richard ...