The aurora was a result of the most intense solar storm in recorded history, now called the Carrington Event. These solar storms can send out large clouds of electrified gas and dust at up to two ...

What Carrington and the awestruck people of the subtropical Atlantic saw were related. The aurora was a result of the most intense solar storm in recorded history, now called the Carrington Event.

the Aurora Australis may be assumed of rare occurrence". Since the Carrington event, only a handful of solar storms had come close - most recently in May 2024. Solar storms present no direct ...