'Cannibal' solar burst may bring auroras as far south as New York - Space.com

Cannibalization can occur when the sun launches two eruptions within a short period of time.

The sun has spat out two clouds of plasma in the past two days, which might trigger beautiful aurora displays observable much farther south than usual. The two coronal mass ejections (CMEs), erupt… [+2554 chars]

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