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Another chance to see the aurora borealis, plus another solar spectacle

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Another coronal mass ejection from the sun could make the northern lights visible again over parts of New England on Friday night. Even if the geomagnetic aurora borealis isn’t lighting up the skies over Massachusetts, there’s still an incredible opportunity to see a different solar phenomenon. Three weeks ago, a solar storm erupted from a … Read more

The sunspot that brought the northern lights is back. Here’s what you need to know.

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It’s been 2½ weeks since the once-in-a-generation aurora display, or northern and southern lights, visited both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Brilliant lights danced as far south as Jamaica, Mexico, India, South Africa and Australia. Space scientists said the solar storm that caused the display was the most intense in decades. An extreme solar storm … Read more