Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, can cause both the northern lights and widespread telecommunications disruptions. But could ...

Scientists just observed a powerful solar storm that could carry the northern lights over the lower 48 in the near future.

The most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history took place 165 years ago, starting on Aug. 28 and peaking on Sept. 1 and 2, 1859. It’s known today as the Carrington Event. A storm of that ...

Solar storms cause disturbances in the Earth's magnetic shield, or magnetosphere. One frequent way they are caused is by ...

The largest recorded geomagnetic storm, the Carrington Event in September 1859, took down parts of the recently created US telegraph network, starting fires and shocking some telegraph operators. In ...

On Thursday, September 1, 1859, a 33-year-old brewer and amateur ... in protection against the onslaught of a powerful geomagnetic storm. Since large transformers are grounded to the Earth ...

While parts of the Midwest have been treated to rare northern lights displays in the past year thanks to far-reaching ...

The peak storm activity could continue into early 2025, which would give the Philly region at least a shot at seeing the aurora as the nights lengthen.

In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," telegraph systems across Europe and North ...

Don’t be fooled, though, geomagnetic storms have the potential to cause ... storm were to strike Earth today – just as it did in 1859 – it could prove catastrophic.

No. The last large solar events were in 1859 and 1921, which damaged the ... of a solar flare on Saturday to produce a G1-class geomagnetic storm. We know the Sun is getting more active as it ...

Geomagnetic storms—the strongest of which ... The worst case ever recorded was on Sept. 2, 1859, when the so-called Carrington Event—a massive solar flare—gave electric shocks to telegraph ...