There is a chance that the Aurora borealis will travel all the way to New York, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon.

The solar eruptions are called eruptions. The corona is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere and they are named after it. All of them are expected to arrive at 1 a.m. According to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, there is a chance of stunning, highly activeAuroras as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Oregon.

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A coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the sun on August 17, 2022. The sun is blocked out so its corona is visible.
NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center

When Earth's magnetic field channels charged solar particles toward the poles, the Aurora appears. Ribbons of bright colors are created by that.

When floods of particles are sent towards the Earth, it causes a storm, which can produce some of the best images of the Northern lights.

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Earth's magnetic field channels charged particles from the sun towards the poles.
NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab/K. Kim

Geomagnetic storms can wreak havoc on power grids and satellites

There are solar storms that also bring the beautiful Auroras. The interference with power grids, gps, and radio communications can be caused by the bombardment of solar particles. Past solar storms have caused problems, but technology won't be affected by Wednesday's storm.

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The sun blows out a coronal mass ejection, February 24, 2015.
NASA/GSFC

The power went out for nine hours in 1989 because of particles from the sun. Emergency radio communications were cut off for 11 hours after the hurricanes. It is not known if a solar storm cut off the broadcasts from the Titanic.

When there is a burst of solar activity, it can endanger astronauts in Earth's orbit.

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Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of September 3, 2012 .
Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr./NASA/Reuters

Scientists can figure out how to protect astronauts from electrical storms by studying the source of charged solar particles. The two craft currently in the sun are doing that.

The Solar Orbiter was launched in February 2020 by NASA and the European Space Agency. The solar probe is looking at the sun. The flow of material from the sun to the Earth is tracked in real-time.

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An artist's impression of Solar Orbiter observing an eruption on the sun.
ESA/AOES

Scientists will one day be able to forecast more storms thanks to the information these satellites are collecting.