Geomagnetic storm, aurora
Coronal mass ejection from the sun at the same time as a recent X4.5 solar flare is about to collide with the Earth.
Solar storms cause disturbances in the Earth's magnetic shield, or magnetosphere. One frequent way they are caused is by ...
(NEXSTAR) – Geomagnetic storm conditions observed over the weekend ... The more active the sun is, the better chance we have at CMEs hitting Earth and sparking northern lights.
Conditions of a level-four geomagnetic storm — on a scale of five — were observed Monday from 1500 GMT, according to a specialized center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, can cause both the northern lights and widespread telecommunications disruptions. But could ...