Miyake Event Time Stamps Vikings

In 774–775 CE, Earth was hit by an extreme burst of cosmic radiation that left a sharp global spike of carbon-14 in tree rings, a signature now known as a Miyake event. Centuries later, scientists used that distinctive spike as a precise time marker in wood from a Viking site in North America, helping confirm that Norse explorers were there in 1021 CE.

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