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Northern lights may be visible from Ireland amid huge solar storm

Summary by Extra.ie
The northern lights may be visible from Ireland over the next couple of days as a powerful solar storm hits our planet. On Thursday, five M-class solar flares hit the sun before a rarer X2.4-class event followed on Friday. This high-level solar activity is an eruption of electromagnetic radiation in the sun’s atmosphere, caused by twisted magnetic fields. The northern lights may be visible from Ireland over the next couple of days. Pic: ProPIC/G…
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Extra.ie broke the news on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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