What is a solar storm and how can it impact Earth’s internet? FAQs:People on Earth can be left without the internet for several months as a new possibility of internet apocalypse has emerged due to a solar storm . Recently, for the first time, NASA ’s Parker Solar Probe ( PSP ) completed a groundbreaking mission to travel through the solar winds in space. Back in 2011, a powerful solar storm reportedly disrupted the radio communications in southern regions of China. In 1859, auroras were seen across the world due to the solar storm and the phenomenon was named ‘Carrington Event’.

Source: Economic Times June 27, 2023 12:02 UTC