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Scientists have uncovered the most powerful solar storm ever, resetting what we know about space weather limits.
"Space weather impacts can have the same symptoms as a cyberattack, where systems will be brought down, or lockup, or ...
Learn about the strongest solar storm to ever strike Earth, occurring around 14,300 years ago during the last Ice Age.
The sun unleashed two huge flares early Wednesday, one day after a NASA observatory captured a dramatic photo of a separate ...
A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for major solar ...
The ancient event, over 500 times stronger than any modern storm, would be devastating were it to happen today.
"The ancient event in 12350 BCE is the only known extreme solar particle event outside of the Holocene epoch, the past ...
The famous Carrington event, the most powerful on record, was not accompanied by a solar particle storm, so it is difficult ...
A solar radiation storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago, showering the planet with high-energy particles and leaving a spike in radiocarbon.
"It was a reminder that our sun is capable of producing these very disruptive events that can impact our critical ...
Impact of solar storm from 12350BC could be much worse than what we knew - Findings could be key for evaluating risks posed ...
The research has identified a new 'worst case scenario' for a future solar particle storm, during which charged particles ...