Arianna Johnson is a reporter on the Forbes news desk who covers explainers and trends, with a frequent focus on health and science. She joined Forbes in 2022 and works in Texas. Johnson has covered prominent weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, the health effects of the artificial sweetener aspartame and the impacts of the Covid vaccines.
There’s a strong possibility the Northern Lights will be visible in parts of the United States again Tuesday night after scientists predicted a solar phenomenon called a “Cannibal CME” would cause geomagnetic storms to display the aurora into Thursday night.
Solar flares over the weekend caused multiple coronal mass ejections—eruptions of solar material—to form, and they’re expected to arrive at Earth between Tuesday and Wednesday, This week’s lights are the result of a space phenomenon called a “Cannibal CME,” which happens when an initial coronal mass ejection is overtaken by a second, much faster CME, creating a massive cloud of plasma that can cause strong displays of the Northern Lights.
These may be the brightest auroras since May’s Northern Lights, which were also caused by a Cannibal CME, and by comparison had a geomagnetic storm rating of G5—the most extremewith a potential viewline . U.S. states within the aurora’s view line include Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. EDT.
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