The event that Carrington was lucky enough to have watched unfold on September 1 was only one of many outbursts that the Sun would have over a multi-day period.

ROANOKE, Va. – Solar flares are relatively common events, but the flare that set off the ‘Carrington Event’ on Sept. 1, 1859 was anything but common. It was then that an English astronomer ...

NASA Science - At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington - widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers - was in his ...

This day in 1859 saw the 'Carrington Event' – a huge mass of magnetic particles erupted from the sun and hit the earth.

A Harvard professor warned that another solar storm similar to the Carrington event in 1859 is imminent. He said that when it happens, it will cause damages worth up to $3 trillion in ...

Drawing of sunspots observed by Richard Carrington, the English astronomer, September 1, 1859. Image: public domain ...

Also known as the Carrington Event, the solar storm of 1859 was a powerful geomagnetic storm. An incredible storm of charged particles sent by the Sun slammed into Earth’s atmosphere ...

NASA Science - At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington - widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers - was in his ...

Our star held great interest for Carrington, and what he saw on its face the morning of September 1, 1859, would astonish him.

NASA Science - At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington - widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers - was in his ...