Solar Superstorm Date 2024. Solar flares, eruptions on the sun’s surface and sunspots are expected to multiply and intensify throughout this year, as our yellow star enters its most active. The likelihood of solar superstorms has risen as.

Powerful outbursts from the sun—like this bright, flashing solar flare and the adjacent eruption of hot glowing gas—can wreak havoc with earth’s power grids,. A new study paints a scary picture of what could happen if an enormous solar storm hits us — submarine cables between countries shut down, power grids offline, and data centres.