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  "id": 7870290,
  "title": "Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/study-famous-space-weather-train-delay-actually-happened-seven-years",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T20:39:46.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/space/exeter-space-weather-train-delay-15072.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Space.com",
        "title": "Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/space-weather-caused-a-16-minute-train-delay-in-1848-our-research-has",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}