Space Weather Caused a 16-Minute Train Delay in 1848: 'Our Research Has a Hint of a Detective Story'

Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story'

A storm sent a surge of current through telegraph wires that caused a train on one of Britain's early railway lines to be delayed by 16 minutes.

Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later

Although the famous Carrington Event of 1859 is often described as the first major space weather event to affect technology, earlier incidents did occur. Historical records show that telegraph systems were disrupted by geomagnetic storms as early as the late 1840s. The post Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Mystery Of One Of The Oldest Space Weather Impacts On Human Technology Solved

New analysis has demoted what appeared to be the oldest impact of a solar storm to second place.

Mystery of one of the earliest recorded space weather impacts solved - British Geological Survey

The first practical electric telegraph networks were deployed during the 1840s and, as solar activity increased during the following years, Victorian telegraph operators began to experience unexplained electrical effects caused by geomagnetic disturbances. An international group of researchers, led by Lancaster University and including BGS, has re-examined a widely cited account of a train delay in Exeter that was reportedly caused by geomagneti…

Solar Storm Delayed a Victorian Train for 16 Minutes

A 16-minute train delay in Victorian England has helped scientists solve a 178-year-old mystery about one of the earliest known cases of space weather disrupting technology. Electric telegraph networks began spreading across Britain during the 1840s. These systems sent messages through electrical signals carried along wires. As solar activity increased, telegraph operators began noticing unexplained […]