The 11-year solar cycle—characterized by a rise in sunspots, solar flares, and other mass-scale activity in the massive ball of fusion at the center of our solar system—could cause unprecedented chaos the next time around, according to scientists. Even though the next peak, forecast to arrive in the first half of 2024, is expected to be weak on an astronomical scale, it could still disrupt everyday life for millions of people.

The warning comes as another research team prepares to test how blockchain technology might function, or fail, in space.

“The internet has come of age during a time when the sun has been relatively quiet, and now it’s entering a more active time,” George Mason University Professor Peter Becker told Fox Weather. “It’s the first time in human history that there’s been an intersection of increased solar activity with our dependence on the internet and global economic dependence on the internet.”

Solar flares and radiation are two phenomena scientists and engineers spend countless hours investigating to mitigate their impact on Earth and human technology. A solar flare is an intense localized eruption of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun’s atmosphere.

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