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May’s Auroras may be the strongest in 500 years, NASA says

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May 10, 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Light green and light reddish auroras glow in the night … [+] sky in the Märkisch-Oderland district in eastern Brandenburg. The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are produced by a cloud of electrically charged particles from a solar storm in the Earth’s atmosphere. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance … Read more

We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years

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green and red auroras shine over a lit-up house at night

This month’s increased auroras may have been even more remarkable than we thought. The auroral shows that astonishes observers around the world two weekends ago, including people as far south as Florida in the US and Ladakh in northern India, this could have been one of the strongest light shows since record keeping began. “With … Read more