The largest storm of its kind for 5 years is
currently bombarding the Earth's magnetic field with charged particles from the
Sun and will continue to do so until 03:00 tomorrow.
The good news is the Northern Lights may be visible
at lower latitudes. The bad news is that
these events, known as solar "eruptions", could interfere with
technology: satellites, electrical grids and communications systems. In 1972, a geomagnetic storm provoked by a
solar flare knocked out long-distance telephone communication across the US state of Illinois
This “eruption” was triggered
by a pair of solar flares - the largest of their kind - earlier this week. In the UK
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