Introduction to Solar Flares Solar flares are spectacular, yet potentially dangerous, eruptions of energy from the Sun's ...

“In a world that is now so dependent on electricity and electronics, a similar event has the potential to cause widespread disruptions and damage to the electronics aboard Earth-orbiting satellites, ...

No solar superstorm as powerful as the 1859 event has occurred since, so it is difficult to calculate what impact a comparable storm might have on today’s more wired world. A hint came with the ...

The three major solar storms in human history all happened in quick succession — in 1859, 1872 and 1921 — now over a century ago. The most intense solar storm was the so-called “Carrington ...

For the solar origin, the group turned to largely ... Its size rivaled those of the Carrington storm in September 1859 and the NY Railroad storm in May 1921," Hayakawa said.

1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world ... and by developing strategies for adjusting grid loads when solar storms are about to hit. In short, it's important to work now to minimize ...