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A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet
The Carrington Event of 1859 is the largest recorded account of a geomagnetic storm, but it is not an isolated event. Geomagnetic storms have been recorded since the early 19th century ...
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Sun Struck
On Thursday, September 1, 1859, a 33-year-old brewer and amateur ... when a solar storm roughly a third less powerful than the Carrington event knocked out the power grid serving more than six ...