When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on. | Credit: Created in Canva ProFor many of us, checking the weather is part of daily life. But, in an increasingly technology-dependent world, there is another kind of forecast we can’t afford to ignore: space weather.Space weather refers to activity on the sun and how it affects Earth and the space around it, a complex, chaotic system scientists are working to understand, forecast and mitigate.AdvertisementAdvertisementThere are three primary types of space weather (radio blackouts, geomagnetic storms and solar radiation storms), each relating to different processes on the sun. Solar flares, intense bursts of energy in the
