They\u0027re not dangerous to people on Earth, but they can play havoc with electrical grids. Just ask Hydro\u002DQuebec
Even more powerful was the Carrington Event, a solar storm that hit the Earth in 1859 and remains the strongest one recorded to date. Telegraph operators reported sparking and even small fires in their equipment, while some disconnected their power sources and were still able to receive and transmit messages just by using the current passing through the atmosphere.
A sunset on Mars. NASA’s rovers on the Red Planet have been used to observe parts of the sun not visible from Earth.Much like terrestrial weather, solar storms are unpredictable. But, like the weather, we can make forecasts and educated guesses. Solar flares and storms tend to reach their peak roughly every 11 years, as the sun goes through what’s known as a solar cycle. Solar cycle 1 started in 1755.
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