ByJamie Carter,
Senior Contributor.
Did you see the Northern Lights last night? Skywatchers across North America, as far south as Texas, Alabama, Georgia and north Florida, were treated to red and green auroras overnight on Tuesday, Nov. 11 — and it could happen again on Wednesday evening, Nov. 12.
Some of the strongest and most widespread displays of auroras since Oct. 10, 2024, occurred overnight on Tuesday, Nov. 11, into Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to NOAA, caused by one of the most powerful G4-rated geomagnetic storms of the current solar cycle.
The potent geomagnetic storm occurred after two particularly fast-moving coronal mass ejections — clouds of charged particles from the sun — erupted from the sun on Sunday, Nov. 9, and Monday, Nov. 10, in the wake of an X1.7 and X1.2-class solar flares. It left space weather scientists on high alert this week.
