Huge solar storms 2,700 years ago documented in ancient Assyrian cuneiform tablets

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Researchers identified unusual solar activity around 660 BC in astrological records they then matched to tree ring data.

In recent years, scientists have been able to identify multiple extreme space weather events prior to 1610 by looking at radiocarbon in tree rings—including events around 775, 993 and 994 AD.

"The Babylonians and Assyrians had started astrological observations, at the latest, in the 8th century BC. Already in the 7th century BC, Assyrian kings had collected and received astrological reports from professional astrologers, to interpret the ominous meaning of observed celestial events." The cuneiform records are rectangular clay tablets with inscriptions on them.

These tablets describe unusual red skies, with one mentioning a"red cloud" and another saying that"red covers the sky." The team believes these descriptions are likely the result of"," where magnetic fields excite electrons in atmospheric oxygen atoms to emit light.

 

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It is the spirit of the undisputed heavy weight champion of the universe, Elephant Ganesh.

Hopefully Earth doesn't get hit like that, satellite and phone towers gone. Put our planet back in the stone age.

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