The emergence of an impending solar storm has brought with it the remote possibility that within the next decade, the people of Earth could be left without internet access for months. If the internet ...

Despite what many headlines have been saying, there's no internet apocalypse on the horizon. Worries about such a months-long catastrophe began brewing on social media platforms not long after a 2021 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The internet has been abuzz with warnings that an extremely strong solar storm could cause an 'internet apocalypse'. The author of a 2021 study, Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Our Sun is waking up—and it could have devastating ...

Ninety-three million miles away, a solar storm brews with the power to prompt an “internet apocalypse,” according to recent findings. University of California Irvine assistant professor Sangeetha Abdu ...

This month, NASA took a major step toward creating a Solar System Internet by establishing operational Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) service on the International Space Station. The DTN ...