Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.
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Monster solar flare hurls 'sun burp' that could trigger Earth blackouts
A volatile region on the Sun has just fired off a monster solar flare, followed by a blast of charged particles that ...
The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.
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Strongest solar radiation storm since 2003 hits Earth, bringing northern lights and possible tech issues
A solar radiation storm stronger than one we've seen in over two decades is in progress, the Space Weather Prediction Center announced Monday.
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Sun fires triple solar blast straight at Earth in rare space weather threat
The Sun has hurled a rare sequence of three major eruptions toward Earth, a triple blast that is now driving the most intense ...
Sun solar flares disrupted parts of Earth this week after a highly active sunspot unleashed the strongest eruptions seen so ...
Multiple M-class and X-class solar flares erupted within 24 hours as an active sunspot released intense radiation affecting ...
Colorful auroras could dazzle skywatchers again on Monday night amid a severe geomagnetic storm and what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said was the largest solar radiation storm ...
The Space Weather Follow On — Lagrange 1 executed its final engine burn Jan. 23 to reach its destination roughly 1.6 million ...
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Earth was just hit by the strongest solar radiation storm in over 20 years — here's what it means
Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...
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