Solar storms are known for their track record of causing satellite disruption and power outages. Internet apocalypse due to a powerful solar storm has been a topic of multiple fictional materials.
The Sun is necessary for the life of plants and humans on Earth; however, this massive energy source has the potential to destroy all forms of technology on the planet, including the world's greatest communication system.
In September 1859, the Carrington Event, a major solar storm, occurred just a few months before the solar maximum in 1860. During this event, the number of sunspots increased. Richard Carrington in Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom, along with other astronomers around the world, observed the number of sunspots increase in August 1859.
Geomagnetic storms have been recorded since the early 19th century, but one event in particular accounted for the largest geomagnetic storm and "the most intense" - the Carrington event. Previous study says that the chance of a Carrington-like event occurring before 2029 is less than 1.9 percent, but is something you "you kind of want to have happen" to be able to weather it.