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Northern Lights Will Dance Across Half Of US: Here's When To Catch Them Northern Lights Will Dance Across Half Of US: Here's When To Catch Them
Northern Lights Will Dance Across Half Of US: Here's When To Catch Them The Northern Lights are headed South.  Forecasters say more than half of the United States may witness the Aurora Borealis on Monday, June 2, thanks to a powerful solar eruption known as a coronal mass ejection. Satellites detected the massive solar flare on Friday, launching a colossal cloud of charged particles toward Earth, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The event is expected to trigger a strong geomagnetic storm, which will likely give the Northern half of the US a rare show. The aurora is usually reserved for skies near the North and South Poles, but solar e…

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by Josh Lanier
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Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years
Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years You may soon get a view of a rare spectacle. According to the NOAA National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) began on Wednesday, May 8. CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. It's the first time a G4 Watch has been issued since January 2005. The watch says CMEs may linger into Sunday, May 12. Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora (…

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by Joe Lombardi