A couple years ago, I wrote and directed a short documentary on how a major solar storm—something called a Carrington Event—could take down the entire civilization. The phenomenon made ...

“A solar storm in the 1800s (the Carrington Event) reportedly was so energetic that it caused fires in telegraph stations,” Woeger said. “We need to understand the physical drivers of these ...

"A solar storm in the 1800s (the Carrington Event) reportedly was so energetic that it caused fires in telegraph stations," Woeger said. "We need to understand the physical drivers of these ...

"A solar storm in the 1800s (the Carrington Event) reportedly was so energetic that it caused fires in telegraph stations," Woeger said. "We need to understand the physical drivers of these phenomena ...

Still, the Gannon Storm was nowhere near as potent as the most energetic solar storm to take place in recorded history — the 1859 Carrington Event. Since the current solar cycle — the 11-year ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A hint came with the Quebec blackout of March 13, 1989, when a solar storm roughly a third less powerful than the Carrington event knocked out the power grid serving more than six million ...