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It’s been 2½ weeks since a once-in-a-generation display of auroras, or northern and southern lights, visited both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Shimmering lights danced as far south as Jamaica,

If you missed the brilliant displays of the aurora borealis over North America on May 10, you may have another chance to see them on Friday night.

If you missed the brilliant displays of the aurora borealis over North America on May 10, you may have another chance to see them on Friday night. The same sunspot region that triggered Earth's largest magnetic storm in almost 20 years earlier this month has rotated back to the Earth-facing side of the sun, though…

Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights.

Powerful solar flares can cause high-frequency radio blackouts, which was potentially recorded early Sunday morning.

The Sun started Sunday with a wild display, producing a strong M-Class flare and potentially causing radio blackouts.

Powerful solar flares can cause high-frequency radio blackouts, which was potentially recorded early Sunday morning.

Powerful solar flares can cause high-frequency radio blackouts, which was potentially recorded early Sunday morning.

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Over a period of 24 hours, the Sun produced three intense solar flares. The most intense was determined to be an X6.3. Two others ranked as an X1.7 and an X1.8. None of the events were accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), so impacts on Earth were reported to be limited.