What did the sun look like before the devastating 1859 Carrington Event? Sketches from astronomer ... 9% and 14% of the solar disk's width. Sunspot activity has increased dramatically in early ...

On a hot and humid Florida night in late August 1859, the sky suddenly ... light that appeared in the sunspot group, which ought not to have been there.” What Carrington and the awestruck ...

If you liked "The Godfather: Part II" or "Rocky II" or the second Lord of the Rings film, you will not like The Carrington Event ... on August 28, 1859, astronomers noted sunspot clusters ...

Extreme solar storms such as the 1859 Carrington Event can play havoc with technology ... consequences for our technological way of life. Sunspot activity rises and falls on an 11-year cycle ...

Not all reporters welcomed these images ... a Carrington Event today would cost lots more, given that we've become much more dependent on electrical and electromagnetic devices since 1859.

Here’s how it works. In 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington saw a blast of white light on the surface of the sun. This was the Carrington Event, as scientists now call it, and it is the ...

NASA Science - At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington - widely acknowledged ... especially during solar sunspot maximum. Most betray their ...

On February 14 the sun erupted with the largest solar flare seen in four years—big enough to interfere with radio communications and GPS signals for airplanes on long-distance flights.