Aurora blazes: Powerful Solar Storm Rips into Earth's Magnetic Field : Discovery News
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The most powerful solar storm of the current solar cycle is currently reverberating around the globe.
The most powerful solar storm of the current solar cycle is currently reverberating around the globe.
Initially triggered by the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) hitting our planet’s magnetosphere, a relatively mild geomagnetic storm erupted at around 04:30 UT (12:30 a.m. EDT), but it has since ramped-up to an impressive G4-class geomagnetic storm, priming high latitudes for some bright auroral displays.
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