Imagine an event many times larger, such as the massive one that scientists believe hit Earth about 14,000 years ago. Internet, satellite communications, and many electronics would be zapped out of commission, with potentially catastrophic results. You wouldn’t want to be in a plane or undergoing surgery when an enormous solar flare struck. “A flare like that would be so intense that it would basically wipe out our infrastructure,” says Peter Becker, a professor of physics and astronomy at George Mason University. “We’re kind of due for perhaps a really strong event—maybe even the strongest in recorded history.”

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