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A factual comparison of the recent solar storm to the Carrington event (www.astronomy.com)
submitted 1 year ago by CheapFrottage@lemmynsfw.com to c/science@lemmy.world
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Spoiler - though they were both G5 storms, they weren’t really that comparable.

Also, big as the Carrington Event was, it’s likely it was absolutely dwarfed by one about a millennium ago, the Miyake Event

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[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

As with any fossils, through the study of radioactive isotopes such as C-14.