Northern Lights expected soon as Sun drives stormy space weather

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Another spectacular light show could come within two weeks as Sun storms reach 11-year high.

There is good news for anyone who enjoyed the show-stopping aurora borealis last weekend - or missed it: there are almost certainly more on the way.

And this hyperactive sunspot won’t be the last. The Sun is approaching what is called "solar maximum" - a point during an 11-year cycle when its activity is strongest.That happens when the Sun’s magnetic poles flip - a process that creates sunspots that fire out material, generating space weather. It was caused by at least five coronal mass ejections - eruptions of magnetic fields and solar storms - leaving the Sun in close succession.This magnetosphere is what shields us from all that immensely powerful radiation - without it, there would be no life on Earth.

A flight from San Francisco to Paris was re-routed to avoid flying over the Arctic where radiation was stronger, explains Dr Elvidge.And a satellite operated by UK company Sen that films Earth in high definition was put in an "idle" state for four days, meaning it missed taking images of events like the wildfires in Canada, the company said.switched off some circuits across the country

“Mobile back-up power generation would be required in some areas for a sustained period, while damaged electricity transformers are replaced, which could take several months," it warns.

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