On September 1, 1859, the Carrington Event lit up the skies and wreaked havoc on the early telegraph system. But what if such a massive solar storm struck today?

“In a world that is now so dependent on electricity and electronics, a similar event has the potential to cause widespread disruptions and damage to the electronics aboard Earth-orbiting satellites, ...

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 ...

1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the ... and internet outages and how to protect against that. The Carrington Event of 1859 is the largest recorded account of a geomagnetic storm, but ...