A Solar Storm Supposedly Delayed a Train in 1841. But the Railway Didn’t Exist Yet
Scientists have cracked a 178-year-old mystery surrounding a train delayed by a solar storm, revealing that the famous incident happened in 1848 rather than 1841. The discovery rewrites the early history of space weather and highlights a threat that still endangers modern power grids, satellites, and communication systems.
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- Earliest account of a solar storm disrupting tech contained a serious typo.
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