Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.
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Sun unleashes extraordinary solar flare barrage as new volatile sunspot turns toward Earth
A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.
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The sun just unleashed its biggest solar flare in 30 years and Earth is on alert
The sun has just fired off an eruption so intense it ranks among the most powerful solar flares seen in three decades, a jolt ...
The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.
Auroras, commonly known as the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) and Southern Lights (Aurora Australis), occur when charged particles from the sun collide with gases in Earth's atmosphere. These ...
The Sun has released four powerful X-class solar flares in just two days, alarming scientists worldwide. Experts warn these ...
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