Principia Scientific, Intl. | A science-based community Last year, the world had a slight reminder of the 1859 “Carrington Event” when a large solar flare and accompanying coronal mass ejection (CME) led to a major geomagnetic storm in May 2024.
In 1859, two English astronomers (Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson) independently witnessed a major solar flare while they were observing the Sun. 18 hours later, aurorae were seen lighting up the night skies across the world – from Paris and Rome to Cuba.
The entire telegraph network collapsed for days. The world was struggling to figure out what was going on.
In our latest peer-reviewed paper (published in the journal, Space Weather), we show that the May 2024 solar flares were the largest since at least 1937.
But, last year’s flares were still just a whimper compared to the 1859 Carrington event – the world hasn’t experienced one of that magnitude since then. We know that solar storms can wreak havoc on satellites, electricity networks and communication systems. But, none of those things were around in 1859.
So, in this video, I ask “are we prepared for another Carrington event?”
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