Previously, researchers were able to identify five extreme solar particle events and three candidates within the past 12,000 years, leading to an average occurrence rate of once per 1,500 years.

This method has identified five extreme solar particle events and three potential events over the past 12,000 years. This suggests that such events occur, on average, once every 1,500 years.

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