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Solar Storm Clue Revives 185-Year-Old Scientific Mystery
Original: A Train, a Solar Storm and an 185-Year-Old Mystery
A researcher has revisited an unusually strong solar storm from roughly 185 years ago, combining it with an unusual observation about a train to explore what happened. The work reexamines historical records of early geomagnetic disturbances and their effects on technology of the era, drawing attention to how a powerful storm from the nineteenth century could be documented through small, puzzling details reported at the time.
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- A Train, a Solar Storm and an 185-Year-Old Mystery · Baylor University
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