- In 1859, Richard Carrington was using his telescope to project an image of the Sun on a screen when he noticed two brilliant beads of blinding white light over the sunspots intensified rapidly, and became kidney-shaped. What Carrington saw was a magnetic explosion on the Sun https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare 18 comments space
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- Rare 'severe' geomagnetic storm is hitting Earth right now | Mashable http://mashable.com/2015/03/17/rare-severe-geomagnetic-storm-sun/ 36 comments
- How a solar storm two years ago nearly caused a catastrophe on Earth - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07/23/how-a-solar-storm-nearly-destroyed-life-as-we-know-it-two-years-ago/ 29 comments
- Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near? - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-activity-is-ramping-up-faster-than-scientists-predicted-does-it-mean-an-internet-apocalypse-is-near/ 23 comments
- Lights out: could a powerful blast from the sun send us back to the stone age? - The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/6/4304890/lights-out-why-the-us-government-is-worried-about-solar-storms 10 comments
- How a solar storm two years ago nearly caused a catastrophe on Earth - The Washington Post http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07/23/how-a-solar-storm-nearly-destroyed-life-as-we-know-it-two-years-ago/?tid=hp_more 7 comments
- Solar storm is underway, with widespread Auroras possible Thursday and Friday | Mashable http://mashable.com/2016/10/13/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-solar-storm/?utm_cid=hp-r-4#qdb50gum4aq6 5 comments
- Did NASA Issue Warning About Pending 'Internet Apocalypse'? | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-memo-pending-internet-apocalypse/ 1 comment
- Space weather threatens high-tech life https://theconversation.com/space-weather-threatens-high-tech-life-92711 0 comments
- An 1874 Citizen Science Project Studying the Aurora Borealis Helped Inspire Time Zones - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/154916/an-1874-citizen-science-project-studying-the-aurora-borealis-helped-inspire-time-zones/#more-154916 0 comments
- On the Watch for a Solar Storm - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/science/space/on-the-watch-for-a-solar-storm.html?_r=0&hp= 0 comments
- The worst solar storms in history | Space https://www.space.com/12584-worst-solar-storms-sun-flares-history.html 0 comments
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