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A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet
The Carrington Event of 1859 is the largest recorded account of a geomagnetic storm, but it is not an isolated event. Geomagnetic storms have been recorded since the early 19th century ...
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157 years ago, a massive solar storm rocked our planet and we barely noticed. Today, it would be catastrophic
Indeed, stunning auroras pulsated even at near-tropical latitudes over Cuba, the Bahamas ... come close to the scale of the 1859 monster. If a Carrington event happened today, the world would ...