Geomagnetic Storm Could Hit This Week: When To See the Northern Lights
NOAA classifies geomagnetic storms on a scale of G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme), with G5 being the most powerful and least common ...
Northern lights expected over the U.S. this week. Where will they be visible?
The NOAA issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday and Friday with the northern lights expected to be visible over parts ...
Why India's latest Sun mission finding is crucial for the world
India also has three ground based observatories - in Kodaikanal, Gauribidanur in the south and Udaipur in the northwest - to ...
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Powerful Solar Flare-Induced Blackouts May Be Followed by Northern Lights
This effect is worst on the sun-facing side of the Earth. The CME released at the same time as the X3.3-class flare may also hit the Earth, though forecasters can't yet tell how direct the impact ...
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X-class Halloween solar flare erupts from sun, causes radio blackouts (video)
A CME was not produced from the solar flare, which removes the chance for a geomagnetic storm to impact Earth and create auroras. The sun put on quite the spooktacular show on Halloween ...
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Huge solar flare could bring amazing aurora on Earth
Strong solar flares like this can cause coronal mass ejections (CME); explosions of plasma and magnetic field that can cause geomagnetic storms when they are directed at Earth. The CME from this ...
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A Top 10 Strongest Solar Flare Blasts Out Of The Sun
The category X14 flare is the 7th-strongest recorded with modern instruments by one measure. It erupted from the far side of the sun and was accompanied by a massive coronal mass ejection (CME ...