On a hot and humid Florida night in late August 1859, the sky suddenly lit up. But it was not from fireflies or a fireswamp. Instead, it was the Northern Lights–or aurora borealis. The aurora is ...

The aurora was a result of the most intense solar storm ... large wires since the Carrington Event. However, our reliance on electricity has only grown exponentially. A flare of similar–or ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Solar storms, intensified by the current solar cycle, endanger power grids, satellites, and essential systems. Experts urge robust infrastructure upgrades and advanced prediction models to mitigate ...

Space weather refers to the environmental conditions in space, particularly those influenced by solar activity ... geomagnetic storms is the Carrington event of 1859, which is often cited as ...

witnessed something that would later be called the Carrington Event: while making sketches of sunspots, he watched in wonder as one suddenly turned from darkness into light—a rare solar flare ...

The Aurora Australis glows over Lake Ellesmere on the outskirts of Christchurch on May 11, 2024 in what was the most powerful solar ... ass event in 1921 but the quality of the records aren’t great.

Unlike many of the female modernist artists who have been re-evaluated by our museums in recent years, Dora Carrington (1893-1932) was never really "forgotten", said Florence Hallett in The i Paper.