The Strongest Solar Storm Ever Was 500 Times More Powerful Than Anything We’ve Seen in Modern Times. It Left Its Mark in a 14,000-Year-Old Tree. Story by Tibi Puiu • 1d.

New research has pinpointed the exact date when the strongest ever solar particle storm hit the Earth. This identification of the event, which occurred in 12,350 B.C., rewrites what scientists ...

The most intense event on record is the January 20, 2005, solar storm. If you were on a plane over the southern polar regions (which received a good chunk of that radiation), you’d have received ...

Citation: New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC (2025, May 15 ... Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings. Oct 9, 2023.

Solar storms batter Earth every year, creating the occasional aurora and sometimes even paralyzing power grids. But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the ...