Solar Flare 2024 Internet. With a $13.6 million department of the navy grant, scientists at george mason university are studying how violent solar storms โ such as this aug. A powerful solar flare could trigger what peter becker, professor of physics at george mason university, is calling an internet apocalypse.
According to the weather service, a large sunspot cluster has produced several moderate to strong solar flares since 5 a.m. A major solar flare tuesday could disrupt some communications, scientists with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration warned, following days of solar activity,.