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A severe solar storm sparks the aurora borealis around the world (photos)

A severe solar storm sparks the aurora borealis around the world (photos)

A powerful solar storm hit Earth on April 23 at 1:37 PM EDT (1737 GMT) and triggered gorgeous aurora displays around the world.

Geomagnetic storms are disturbances to Earth’s magnetic field Because of the solar material from Coronal mass ejection (CME) – large ejections of plasma and magnetic field from sun atmosphere. This particular geomagnetic storm was caused by a CME that left the Sun on April 21.