Stargazers in the UK may be in for a treat tonight as the Northern Lights could be visible as far south as Cornwall according to the Met Office.
The Northern Lights could be visible over the entirety of the UK tonight. This has been triggered by the first 'severe' solar storm in 20 years hitting Earth . READ MORE:All of Britain could get a spectacular glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight thanks to a massive solar storm which threatens to cause chaos around the world.
The Northern Lights have been triggered by a massive solar flare, seen in the bottom right of this image, which has swept up a number of other waves of ejected solar material into a single burst However, one strong flare released on Thursday has proven to be particularly fast and is now expected to 'sweep up' all of the radiation into a single wave.
They add that there is 'a chance that aurora may become visible to all parts of the UK and similar geomagnetic latitudes'. Tonight's weather offers some great opportunities to see the Aurora Borealis with clear skies over much of the UK 'It may stretch further south, but until we have those magnetic field measurements when the CMEs arrive, it's hard to say.'
That electric field soaks up the radio waves we use to communicate, meaning that signals to satellites and other services can't get through – creating radio blackouts. Just like running into a headwind, that air resistance slows down the satellite and makes it harder for them to stay in orbit. During this so-called maximum, the sun has a much greater number of sunspots, which are the origins of the biggest coronal mass ejections.
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