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Northern Lights Could Appear This Week After Met Office Update
The Met Office said the solar blast may graze Earth and trigger minor geomagnetic storms that could brighten aurora displays across Britain and the northern United States.
- Around May 13, the Met Office reports a coronal mass ejection could graze Earth, potentially triggering northern lights displays across the UK following a massive plasma expulsion from the Sun on May 10.
- Bursting from sunspot region AR4436 at 9:39 a.m. EDT on May 10, the M5.7 eruption produced a Type II radio sweep traveling at 650 km/s, confirming a CME had launched from the Sun's surface.
- Potential G1 geomagnetic storm conditions could result from the glancing blow, according to NOAA, with sky watchers in Scotland, northern England, and the northern United States potentially seeing the aurora if skies remain clear.
- Radio communications across the Atlantic Ocean were disrupted on Sunday by the flare, which the Space Weather Prediction Center classified as an R2 moderate blackout affecting transatlantic pilots and mariners.
- As AR4436 and nearby sunspot region AR4432 rotate into Earth's 'strike zone,' experts maintain a high probability of additional M-class or X-class eruptions over the coming days, increasing aurora display chances.
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Northern Lights could appear in UK skies this week as solar flare sparks aurora
A powerful solar flare could spark Northern Lights displays across the UK later this week, according to the Met Office aurora forecast. It comes after a coronal mass ejection (CME) on May 10
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Here's How to See Northern Lights This Week as Solar Flare Plasma Races Toward Earth After Radio Blackout
A solar flare that knocked out radio communications across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday has sent a cloud of plasma racing toward Earth, and forecasters say it could trigger northern lights displays as early as Tuesday night. The Flare That Already Hit The eruption, classified as M5.7 on the solar activity scale, burst from sunspot region AR4436 at 9:39 a.m. EDT on May 10. Within minutes, it ionised Earth's upper atmosphere and wiped out high-fre…
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