What happened 14,300 years ago is barely believable. A paper published this week in Earth and Planetary Science Letters details a study of tree rings in the French Alps that reveals evidence of an ...

New research uncovers the strongest solar event ever detected — rewriting our understanding of space weather and radiocarbon dating. An international team of scientists has discovered an extreme spike ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of an extraordinarily powerful solar storm that bombarded Earth 14,300 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. This event was far more intense than any solar ...

The most powerful solar particle storm known to date struck Earth in 12350 BC, according to a new study that sets a “new worst case scenario” for humanity from such colossal space weather events. The ...

An international team of scientists has discovered an extreme spike in radiocarbon corresponding to the year 12350 BC during the dusk of the last Ice Age. However, the strength of the event could not ...

When we think of threats from space, asteroids often take the front seat. But have you ever thought our very own sun can pose a threat to our lives? I don’t think so. Solar storms, bursts of ...

Cosmogenic radionuclides, such as 14C and 10Be, are produced in Earth’s atmosphere by interactions with cosmic rays and offer a unique window into past solar variability. Their deposition in natural ...