Aurora likely tonight as string of solar flares heads for Earth
- Written by Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
Aurora seen near Melbourne in 2023.Chris Putnam / Getty ImagesOver the past few days an active sunspot has erupted multiple times, sending clouds of high-energy plasma into space. The sunspot happens to be facing Earth just now, so the plasma clouds are heading in our direction.
At about 0200 UTC (that’s 1pm AEDT) on November 12, the US...
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