What was the 1859 Carrington Event? As a massive solar flare, this event disrupted global telegraph systems and caused ...

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped ...

Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, and even pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts." ...

Some 13,000 years ago, the sun emitted a huge belch of radiation that bombarded Earth and left its imprint in ancient tree rings. That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next ...

Last week, the sun spat out the strongest solar flare of the year so far, a burst of radiation and light that caused brief ...

NASA and NOAA are urging operators of critical systems to remain vigilant, with more solar activity expected as AR4087 moves ...

Solar storms pose a real threat to today’s technology. Even smaller ones can disrupt satellites, power grids and GPS systems.

Scientists have uncovered the strongest solar storm ever recorded, striking Earth in 12350 BC — 500 times stronger than any ...

The ancient event, over 500 times stronger than any modern storm, would be devastating were it to happen today.

Scientists have found evidence of the most powerful storm in history, which hit Earth in 14,300 years ago. It would cause ...