1859 Carrington-Class Solar Storm Pummeled Earth's Magnetic Field | Video

Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 14:11 in Astronomy & Space

Computer models of the magnetic field during the 19th century coronal mass ejection (CME) is compared to a moderate 2006 blast. English amateur astronomer Richard Carrington observed the 1859 solar flare that gave birth to a massive CME.

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