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Physicists trace solar outbursts that led to historic Mother's Day storms

Physicists trace solar outbursts that led to historic Mother's Day stormsWorldPing

On Mother's Day weekend in May 2024, Earth experienced its most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, spawning auroras—the ribbony bands of light in the nighttime skies in the Northern and Southern hemispheres—that may have been among the strong…

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