'Dead sunspot' has launched a fiery ball of plasma toward Earth
The explosive event happened on Monday, coming from a sunspot that was previously thought to be dead and no longer active, known as AR2987.
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The explosive event happened on Monday, coming from a sunspot that was previously thought to be dead and no longer active, known as AR2987.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 Office's 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.