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Researchers from Lancaster University have revealed how solar storms can interfere with railway signals, turning them from red to green even if there are no trains nearby.

A solar eruption expected to pass by Earth TODAY could spark minor geomagnetic storms lasting days, the MetOffice has warned. It is the result of a slow-motion solar flare from Monday

A coronal mass ejection which erupted from the sun last Saturday (May 7) could strike Earths magnetic field today, according to experts at US-based website SpaceWeather.com.

Sunspots are dark regions of the Sun where it is cooler than other parts of the surface. Solar flares originate close to these dark areas of the star.

A pair of huge sunspot swarms, some large enough to devour the Earth's hole, have appeared on the sun's surface, raising the chances of an intense solar storm.

The explosive event happened on Monday, coming from a sunspot that was previously thought to be dead and no longer active, known as AR2987.

A strong solar storm could mean the Northern Lights will be seen from the UK early this week, according to experts at the Met Office HQ in Exeter. Pictured is the natural light display in Grotfjord, Norway.

New photos from the public show the natural light display in green and pink hues over Loch Lomond near Glasgow in Scotland and in rural Canada and North Dakota.

The spectacular natural phenomenon is the result of a giant cannibal solar eruption that is barrelling towards Earth at 1.8 million miles/hour.

The Met Offices Space Weather arm said solar activity had been at high levels over the past 24 hours, with 17 solar eruptions blasting from a single sunspot and two heading for Earth.