By 2025, when the Sun reaches Solar Maximum, there will probably be a worldwide internet outage.
The solar maximum occurs approximately in the middle of each of the solar cycles, which typically span eleven years. Due to the influence of increased solar activity, the impending solar maximum has raised fears of a global outage of internet services.
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In the following two years of the current solar cycle, the Sun is expected to reach the Solar Maximum. Scientists' interest in its possible effects on Earth has increased as a result. The Sun's increased activity during solar maximum has the potential to cause an "internet apocalypse" or perhaps impair the vast communication infrastructure.NASA, the US space agency, has not yet responded to inquiries about the likelihood of a solar storm-related internet outage by 2025.
What is the maximum solar temperature?
The Sun's magnetic field reaches its strongest and most chaotic dynamic point during the solar maximum, a period of time marked by peak solar activity. The solar maximum occurs approximately in the middle of each of the solar cycles, which typically span eleven years.
The end of the internet:
Whether the solar storm in 2025 will have a significant effect similar to the worldwide internet outage is yet unknown.
Historical occurrences such as the Carrington Event of 1859 had previously resulted in telegraph lines sparking and electrocuting the operators. Moreover, a strong solar storm in 1989 caused hours-long disruptions to the Quebec electricity system.
According to a Washington Post report, there is some validity to the worries about the solar maximum because it can affect the planet's networked infrastructure.
Since we have never seen one of these extreme case occurrences, we are unsure of how our infrastructure would react. Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, a computer science professor at the University of California, Irvine, told the Post, "Our failure testing doesn't even include such scenarios.
In actuality, one of her research articles, "Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse," popularized the term "internet apocalypse."
She claims that a strong solar storm has the potential to harm underwater communication lines, which would prevent long-distance communications.
According to projections, the US alone might suffer a catastrophic economic impact of over $11 billion in a single day due to the outages that can linger for months.
