Scientists Find Evidence of Past Extreme Solar Storms, Warn of Potential Technological Catastrophe

Scientists Find Evidence of Past Extreme Solar Storms, Warn of Potential Technological Catastrophe

ByNews Polite

In 1859, when Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, the Earth experienced one of the most powerful solar storms in recorded history. Telegraph systems across Europe and North America malfunctioned, sparking fires in some places. This event, later known as the Carrington event, was preceded by the first…