The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

North Platte firefighters, who were called about 9 a.m. Monday to the house at 908 W. Eighth St., said about an hour later that they hadn’t found anyone inside.

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

Lawyer and nationalist Bhupendra Nath Bose was born on this day. He studied at Presidency College, Calcutta, and later obtained his law degree. He became a very successful lawyer. He was a follower of ...

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This historically large sunspot, now 15 times wider than Earth, rivals the one linked to the colossal solar storm of 1859.

More than 800 lives were lost in the Royal Charter storm but it also led to improvements in weather forecasting.

In British weather history, one storm stands out as a catalyst for change – the Royal Charter Storm of 1859. This devastating tempest off the west coast of Britain played a pivotal role in the ...

A late-19th century mansion that was supposed to be the home of Morristown native and co-inventor of the telegraph, Alfred Lewis Vail, is back on the market -- at a lower price.