Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October saw intense displays of aurora borealis across the U.S.

In 1859, the Carrington Event - most extreme solar storm recorded to date - caused telegraph systems to spark and for the northern lights to be spotted as far south as the Bahamas. The next time ...

In September 1859, the Earth was struck by a solar storm of unimaginable intensity, known today as the Carrington Event. This catastrophic event, named after the amateur astronomer Richard ...

Following Texas' deadly February 2021 winter storm, many would agree that the state's power grid was in need of improvements ...

In 1859, an invisible wave crashed into the Earth ... Lights danced in the sky. It was the largest solar storm ever recorded. If it happened today, it would jeopardize global telecommunications ...

The solar flares behind the 1989 event were also ... whose current intensifies during a space storm. The 1859 Carrington event triggered aurorae that reached the tropics and destroyed telegraph ...