Great sunspot AR3664 has hurled an astonishing five CMEs toward Earth.
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Catastrophic and Frightening Solar Storms: Miyake Events
Miyake events are believed to be several orders of magnitude greater than the Carrington Event. It is not clear what causes the event. If a Miyake event equivalent to the…
Tree Rings Reveal Largest Solar Storm EVAH!
Guest “Well, the largest yet identified,” by David Middleton NEWS RELEASE 9-OCT-2023 Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS An international team of…
The March 1940 Superstorm: Geoelectromagnetic Hazards and Impacts on American Communication and Power Systems
In some places, geoelectric amplitudes induced during the March 1940 storm, Section 12, exceeded American electric-power-industry benchmarks.
Huge sunspot may launch solar flares toward Earth in the next two weeks
One of the biggest sunspots in years is emerging on the sun today. Hours ago it produced a C-class solar flare and a minor radio blackout over the Indian Ocean.…
The Carrington Event: September 1st, 1859
In fact, it was this same time of year back in 1859 when a super solar storm – now known as the “Carrington Event” – took place during another weak…
This kind of solar storm could be devastating in today’s world…”The Carrington Event” of 1859
Guest post by Paul Dorian Overview The sun continues to be very quiet and it has been without sunspots this year 70% of the time as we approach what is…
Monster solar storm that hit Earth discovered in the past
Something this big today would surely fry electrical grids, GPS, and communications. It may be bigger than the Carrington Solar event of 1859. Scientists have found evidence of a huge…
New study finds that a Carrington class solar event could cause global cooling of more than 3C
A paper recently published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds that “a solar proton event, if it took place in the near future with an intensity similar to that ascribed…
Homeland Security takes on The Carrington Event
While we worry about future threats like global warming, and present threats like Iran’s escalating nuclear program, the sun’s propensity for belching out monstrous solar flares (like the Carrington event…
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