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 ...

Researchers at Kerala University have unearthed vital historical data that sheds new light on the 1859 Carrington Event, one of most intense geomagnetic storms.

One major solar flare event occurred back on Sept. 2, 1859, and was one of the most powerful solar events ever witnessed by humans: The Carrington Solar Flare.

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 ...

No discussion of solar weather would be complete without nodding to extreme solar storms like the Carrington Event of 1859. As Solar Cycle 10 approached its peak, a massive sunspot complex ...

RELATED: Solar flare could disrupt communications, ... especially as concerns grow about the possibility of another Carrington Event, a colossal solar storm that struck in 1859, ...

The similarity between sunspot R3664 and the sunspot from where the Carrington Event solar flare erupted might be of concern. Scientists are keeping an eye on it, and, equipped with your trusty ...

Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough ...