A solar storm is projected to impact Earth this Saturday, potentially bringing with it a dazzling celestial light show – and a few crucial questions about our increasingly connected world. While the ...

The aurora borealis is common in the Arctic and occasionally visible at lower latitudes during times of high solar activity. During the 1859 solar storm, it was visible in the tropics.

A succession of powerful solar eruptions in early May last year triggered the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth in 20 ...

The Sun is a hot mess right now. Solar maximum is fast approaching, and a giant dark spot on the surface of the Sun keeps growing while spewing radiation out to space in the process. Sunspot R3664 ...

The solar storm of 1859 — which ice core samples from Antarctica proved was twice as big as any other solar storm in the last 500 years — is now known as the Carrington Event in his honor.

It was known as “the week the sun touched the earth.” In late August and early September 1859, two geomagnetic solar superstorms walloped our planet, illuminating the nighttime sky of ...

The most intense solar storm on record, the Carrington Event, occurred in 1859 ... Solar storm has potential to disrupt satellites, power grid. Don't expect anything like that this time around.

A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet. ... On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically.

When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.