Why We Are Powerless Against Solar Storms

The Sun: our life-giving star, and an unpredictable time bomb. In 1859, the Carrington Event—the largest solar storm in recorded history—nearly collapsed the world's early telegraph system. Today, a storm of that magnitude could shatter our modern, digital world, causing trillions in damage and global blackouts.

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