Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

Skywatchers across the northern United States and southern Canada who assumed the aurora show was over after this week’s strong geomagnetic storm may get one more chance tonight. A residual cloud of solar material,

Massive ‘cannibal’ solar storm headed towards Earth could make Northern Lights visible further south - Experts predict auroras will be visible as far south as central England and Wales

“The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on June 3, peaking at 7:28 a.m. ET,” NASA, the federal body constantly watching the sun through its Solar Dynamics Observatory, said. The observatory captured an image of the event now released to the public.

Scientists spotted patterns hours before a major solar flare, a discovery that could help forecast dangerous eruptions.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun's surface, which can wreak havoc on Earth's power grids, damage orbiting satellites, and pose serious radiation risks to astronauts. Yet despite decades of study,

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare that peaked at 7:28 a.m. ET on June 3. The flare was classified as an X1.0, with X-class indicating the most intense flares and the number specifying its strength, according to an announcement from NASA.

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions are solar flares, a large one of which was detected in 2023