If you live in the Northern part of the United States, you will be able to see the Aurora borealis tonight.
A cloud-like release of magnetic particles from the Sun's corona is reported by Live Science.
The northern lights are usually only seen in the highest reachers of the Northern Hemisphere like Alaska, Scandinavia, and Iceland, but can be seen much further south if there is a cannibal CME.
Space.com says that this self-eating solar explosion is the result of 17 solar eruptions that came from a single sunspot. The eruptions started on March 28 and have since been rated a category G3 storm.
We don't need to worry about the solar winds hitting our planet at nearly two million miles per hour. Our planet's magnetic field generally absorbs these kinds of solar emissions with little more than the compression and rippling magnetic energy lines that make up the beautiful Aurora borealis light show.
There is still a risk to lower-frequency radio and satellite technology, and as SpaceWeather.com notes, the short wave radio black out over the Americas seems to have already happened.
It's not clear if this cannibal sun storm will have the same effect as the one that knocked out 40 of the Starlink internet satellites last month.
Even as it poses risks to satellite and radio tech, solar events like this aren't all that common and worth watching if you live in the Northern US.
Scientists say the coronal mass ejection will hit Earth at nearly 2 million mph.
NASA is investigating a strange explosion on the sun.
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