Space Daily September 19, 2026 • 02:00

Nature reported that a magnetic storm held the 10:05 p.m. express at Exeter for 16 minutes in 1841, years before the line opened in 1846; researchers now read 1841 as a misprint for 1848 - Space Daily

Nature reported that a magnetic storm held the 10:05 p.m. express at Exeter for 16 minutes in 1841, years before the line opened in 1846; researchers now read 1841 as a misprint for 1848 - Space Daily

Since its rediscovery in 2013, the report has stood as a candidate for the first time space weather interfered with a piece of human technology. A study published on 16 September finds that the line from Exeter to Starcross did not open until 30 May 1846, and…

A paper published on 16 September in the journal Space Weather argues for moving one of the oldest incidents in the record of solar storms interfering with human technology forward by seven years. Th… [+10895 chars]

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