SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington saw a blast of white light on the surface of the sun. This was the Carrington Event, as scientists now call it, and it is the largest recorded solar storm ever recorded.
Detailed explanation-2: -19, 2011: One hundred and fifty two years ago, a man in England named Richard Carrington discovered solar flares. It happened at 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1st, 1859.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 1, 1859, Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson, while observing a large sunspot group independently, were the first to observe a white light flare (Carrington, 1860; Hodgson, 1860).
Detailed explanation-4: -It was such a white light event on September 1, 1859 that was the first solar flare ever to be recorded (to our knowledge) by humankind.