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Space weather alert: G2 geomagnetic storm watch in effect, auroras possible

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FILE - Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where Hey, northerners!

You might get a treat in the night sky starting April 14 after a significant solar flare sent a coronal mass ejection towards Earth.

A G2 geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for Earth Thursday after a significant solar flare erupted from a location on the sun’s surface previously believed to be inactive.

The flare was rated a C1-class eruption, which normally results in little to no consequences for Earth, according to NASA. But the area on the sun that produced the flare did create a full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) that headed straight for Earth on April 11, according to Earthsky.org.

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