Internet apocalypse: solar superstorm could leave people without electricity and communications

Social networks are again spreading the horror story that in 2025 the Sun will reach its peak of activity and a powerful storm will hit the Earth, which could cause serious disruptions to computers around the world or even a power outage.

Solar cycles have been recorded since 1755. 25 cycles have passed since then, but the last one is different from the previous ones. Experts note that it passes faster than usual, and such acceleration provokes powerful solar storms.

The best known and best studied is the solar cycle with a duration of about 11 years (“Schwabe cycle”), and judging by the dates, the peak of the future cycle will occur in 2025. Scary forecasts began to appear, from which it follows that an extreme solar storm or coronal mass ejection would entail great trouble for humanity. Everything can be covered - from fiber optics, radio and GPS to the Internet and electricity.

The last time something like this happened was in 1859 - the Carrington event, when telegraph systems throughout Europe and North America failed due to solar activity, and aurorae were observed all over the world, including in latitudes where they cannot exist - for example, above Caribbean. Then the connection was restored quite quickly, but now the same satellites in space and earthly servers can become a heap of useless metal. The lack of electricity and communications on Earth may last for a long time - the media scare Americans.

"Something similar could have happened in 2012, but it missed the Earth. If or when this solar storm happens, affecting the entire world, it could be a $2 billion disaster due to the destructive magnetic energy that comes with the storm "It will take decades to restore the technological infrastructure, and the Internet may disappear altogether. You heard that right."

Although auroras in unusual latitudes have recently occurred quite often.