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Is NASA Prepared for the Next ‘Carrington Event’? The Risk of a 21st-Century Solar Superstorm
The universe is a vast, mysterious place, filled with phenomena that can both awe and alarm us. Among these cosmic events, ...
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Solar storms: more dangerous than you think. Can we survive another Carrington Event?
On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot. Suddenly, a flash of intense white light burst from the sun's surface. He had become the first eye-witness of a ...
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Sun Struck
This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On Thursday, September 1, 1859, a 33-year-old brewer and amateur astronomer named Richard Carrington climbed the stairs ...