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[ad_1] Prepare for a celestial spectacle this weekend! Canadians are being urged to direct their gaze towards the heavens as a solar storm is expected to hit the Earth on Friday and spark beatiful auroras in the night sky. Yes, there will be breathtaking displays of the Northern Lights.This follows the extremely explosive events on the Sun on Monday night, when a colossal active region, designated as AR 3559, discharged an enormous cloud of charged solar particles into space, known as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). This solar storm took just three days to traverse the 150 million-kilometre journey from the Sun to the Earth and it is homing in on our planet. Experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center says that the CME will re...

[ad_1] A recent CME eruption on the surface of the Sun has resulted in the planet being bombarded with solar particles and could pose a solar storm danger. The Sun is nearing the middle of its 11-year solar cycle, resulting in increased solar activity and solar output. Earth has faced numerous solar flares these past few months and more are expected as the Sun moves ahead in its cycle. A recent Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) has been observed emitting from the Sun which has sent solar debris hurtling towards the planet, according to spaceweather.com. A geomagnetic storm warning has also been issued for today as these CMEs reach the planet.Sunspot AR3112 which has been in an unstable state for the past few days has finally erupted today, releasing a strong M-1 class solar flare. According...

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