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[-] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

This is so fascinating and cool at the same time, crazy how things work around us!

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The biggest solar event in recorded history happened in 1859. A similar storm today would be devastating on our current way of life around the globe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

[-] wikibot@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1 to 2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally and caused sparking and even fires in multiple telegraph stations. The geomagnetic storm was most likely the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun colliding with Earth's magnetosphere. The geomagnetic storm was associated with a very bright solar flare on 1 September 1859. It was observed and recorded independently by British astronomers Richard Christopher Carrington and Richard Hodgson—the first records of a solar flare.

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