A once-a-century solar storm could knock out power and disrupt communications on Earth. How ready are we?
Although no geomagnetic storm in the intervening 166 years has matched the fury of the Carrington Event, scientists like Dahl are keenly aware of the sun’s tremendous power, and the impact that such space weather events can have on Earth, some 93 million miles away.
Read the feature story at Smithsonian.
