magnetic storm

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

In the heavy magnetic storm of November 1959, the moon relay got through to Hawaii when all other radio links failed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Associated with the current high sunspot activity, the magnetic storm caused transatlantic telephone communication by short-wave radio to go haywire.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day last week a violent "magnetic storm" or disturbance of the earth's magnetic field broke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this very hour, Professor Airy, the Astronomer Royal at the Observatory at Greenwich, reported a magnetic storm of unusual violence.

From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)