Gizmodo.com July 19, 2026 • 11:30

We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns - Gizmodo

By Matthew Phelan

We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns - Gizmodo

New research led by NASA Goddard found persistent “erroneous measurements” skewing past estimates for how severe geomagnetic storms can get.

Cataclysmic solar storms may be rare, but they do happen. And unlike the legendary 1859 Carrington Eventwhich knocked out telegraphs across Europe and North America and dragged the Northern Lights do… [+3965 chars]

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