A massive solar flare, followed by a series of coronal mass ejections, caused the Carrington Event, which happened on September 1, 1859. The event disrupted global telegraph systems and caused ...

The aurora borealis is common in the Arctic and occasionally visible at lower latitudes during times of high solar activity. During the 1859 solar storm, it was visible in the tropics.

GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.

Two massive solar storms appearing four days apart in the late summer of 1859 gave “the week the sun touched the earth” its name. The first one reached here Aug. 28, and the second one Sept. 1.

Solar storms can bring more than colorful lights to Earth. ... In 1859, a severe solar storm triggered auroras as far south as Hawaii and caught telegraph lines on fire in a rare event.

The solar event was named after Richard Carrington, and it remains the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded. On September 1, 1859, Richard Carrington, an English amateur astronomer, witnessed ...