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Sun erupts with 3 solar flares, raising chances of northern lights for U.S.

Three solar flares burst from the sun toward Earth this week, scientists said, and the enormous beams of energy, light and high-speed particles may increase the odds of seeing the northern lights for ...

Space.com · 1d

Sun erupts with 3 colossal solar flares in less than 24 hours, boosting chances for northern lights

Fox Weather on MSN · 1d

See it: Strong solar flare caught on camera erupting from the sun

Space.com · 15h

Aurora alert! 4 Earth-bound CMEs could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a strong G3 geomagnetic storm warning for June 4 through to June 5, as multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) barrel toward Earth.

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Northern lights may be visible across parts of Oregon tonight

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Will the northern lights shine over Ohio tonight? See the forecast

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Colorful Northern Lights may be visible tonight in northern states, possibly from N.J.

Mike Rizzo, a meteorologist for News 12 New Jersey, said the best viewing opportunity for the Northern Lights should be between 8 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday.

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Northern lights could dazzle in several states as sun ejections expected to spark storms

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Look up tonight! Northern Lights could be visible in the Pittsburgh area

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NASA spots strong solar flare burst out of sun on June 3

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare that peaked at 7:28 a.m. ET on June 3. The flare was classified as an X1.0, with X-class indicating the most intense flares and the number specifying its strength, according to an announcement from NASA.

Live Science on MSN

'Cannibal' CME from rare 'anti-Hale' sunspot will slam into Earth today, bringing auroras to the US

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

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Sunspot AR3590: Released two big X-flares within a short period

Sunspot AR3590 unleashed X1.8 and X1.7-class solar flares within a few hours of one another. Reported were cell phone outages that spiked across the United States around the same time but not confirmed if they are connected to the flares.

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The sun just fired off two massive solar flares

The sun is an incomprehensibly gigantic, constantly roiling nuclear furnace—but some days are even busier than others. Based on data collected by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, our solar system’s central star recently fired off not one,