Home / What's On / Otley / Otley Science Festival: Professor Jim Wild: Solar superstorms - Are we ready for another Carrington Event?Otley Science Festival: Professor Jim Wild: Solar superstorms - Are we ready for another Carrington Event?Otley Courthouse, OtleyDateSaturday 14 November 2026Starts8pmTicketsvia TicketsolveTypeOtherWhereCourthouse, Courthouse St, Otley, LS21 3ANLast checked1 October 2026In September 1859, the English astronomer Richard Carrington made the first recorded observations of a solar flare. Unknown to Carrington, the flare coincided with a fast-moving coronal mass ejection that struck the Earth’s less than twenty four hours later, triggering the most…At Otley CourthouseArts centre — Courthouse, Courthouse St, Otley, LS21 3AN.Otley Courthouse on FolkAirGet ticketsMore at Otley CourthouseWhile & Matthews — 2 October 2026The Bar-Steward Sons Of Val Doonican — 3 October 2026Wordweaver Stories: Sun, Stars and Straw — 4 October 2026Around Otley CourthouseThe Art Works — Art gallery, 40mBrowns Gallery — Art gallery, 70mOtley Conservative Club — Pub, 90mListing from the original source. FolkAir links out rather than selling tickets for this event.