An 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns

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A catastrophic solar storm could take huge sections of the Earth offline for weeks or months, a new research paper warns.

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[Pogo]

Not surprising at all. Solar storms have knocked out electricity in wide areas a few times. I remember the great northeast US blackout in the mid-1960s, caused by the Sun.