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 ...

In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was studying the Sun when he witnessed the most intense geomagnetic storm recorded in history. The storm, triggered by a giant solar flare, sent brilliant ...

Fortunately, Carrington Event-level storms seem pretty rare, occurring perhaps once in 500 years. But we have no reliable way of predicting when the next one could happen.

Telegraph wires catching fire, aurora so bright people could read at night - NASA epxlains the 1859 solar storm that is still the worst ever detected.

A Harvard professor warned that another solar storm similar to the Carrington event in 1859 is imminent. He said that when it happens, it will cause damages worth up to $3 trillion in ...

On This Day in History 1 September 1859: the ‘Carrington Event’, the biggest solar storm ever recorded On this day in 1859, a huge mass of magnetic particles erupted from the sun and hit the ...

What was the mysterious Carrington Event of 1859? And why did it affect telegraph systems?

The Carrington Event of 1859 was a glimpse of what our star is capable of under the right circumstances, the implications of which are sobering indeed given the web of delicate connections we’ve ...

What solar flares can do - the 1859 'Carrington Event' Telegraph wires catching fire, aurora so bright people could read at night - the 1859 solar storm that is still the worst ever detected.