Scientists have known for decades that an extreme solar storm, or coronal mass ejection, could damage electrical grids and potentially cause prolonged blackouts. The repercussions would be felt ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you haven't heard about the Carrington event then I suggest you read up on it, but back in 1859 there was a gigantic solar flare that -- if it happened ...

The internet isn’t just in the cloud — it’s also at the bottom of the ocean. Your online data is ferried across the world through a crisscrossing network of hundreds of undersea cables, a handful of ...

(NEXSTAR) – Could a future solar storm knock out the internet and plunge us all into the pre-dial-up days of yore? Sure, it’s possible. But it might not be very likely. In recent weeks, users on ...