Is an internet apocalypse coming soon? Are telephone, television, radio coming to standstill?

Is an internet apocalypse coming soon? Will there be a complete internet outage across the globe lasting for several months? Will the operations of the internet, telephone, television, radio, and all types of navigation come to a standstill soon? These questions are being asked because a video on the social media platform Tik Tok has predicted such a scenario and more than four million people have watched it.

The University of California carried out a study in 2021 on the possible impact of solar storms on the Earth and the entire solar system. The researcher came to the idea of a solar superstorm that can cause total internet outages for several months across the world. The paper says that such a solar superstorm can be the greatest danger facing the internet.

The University of California research paper further says that coronary ejections may cause strong geomagnetic waves that may disturb and damage the cables which are the backbone of the internet.


After studying the research paper, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration used the term ‘internet apocalypse’. Though such an apocalypse occurs once in half a millennium, the possibility can not be ruled out completely. The researchers have also said that the possibility of such an event range from 1.6% to 12%.

Scientists have said that the sun is in its 25th 11-year Sun Cycle since 1755. National Weather Service has said that the solar activities due to the Sun Cycle will be at their peak in 2025. It will be weak for the rest of the period.

But the researchers have found that solar activities have suddenly increased with more sunspots and eruptions than expected earlier.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said that a study of the Solar Cycle can give a fairly good idea of sunspots, radio outages, and geomagnetic and solar radiation storms. A strong geomagnetic storm occurred in April this year, it was the third geomagnetic storm since the beginning of the Soar Cycle. There is a strong possibility that radio navigation and satellite navigation can be disturbed.

FAQs:

Q1:What is an internet apocalypse?
The University of California carried out a study in 2021 and said that a solar superstorm can cause total internet outages for several months across the world. This is the ‘internet apocalypse’.

Q2:What is the possibility of an internet apocalypse?
Though an internet apocalypse occurs once in half a millennium, the possibility cannot be ruled out completely. The researchers have also said that the possibility of such an event range from 1.6% to 12%.