More @Facebook https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/solar-storm-wipe-out-internet EARTH & SPACE Published November 8, 2023 3:50pm EST Solar superstorm could 'wipe out the internet' for weeks or months, scientist says Professor Peter Becker is working with a team whose goal is to create an early warning system for dangerous solar activity that could damage critical technology. By Hillary AndrewsSource FOX Weather

Could a solar super storm kill the internet? Professor Peter Becker of George Mason University discusses the real threats of strong solar flares.

We may marvel at the Northern Lights, but that same solar storm energy could one day create what one researcher described as an "internet apocalypse."

"The internet has come of age during a time when the sun has been relatively quiet, and now it's entering a more active time," said Professor Peter Becker of George Mason University. "It's the first time in human history that there's been an intersection of increased solar activity with our dependence on the internet and our global economic dependence on the internet."