14 DAY TRIAL // Tonight, December 28, the charged particles released from the Sun during a solar flare that occurred on December 26 will hit Earth's magnetosphere, and most likely cause polar lights to increase in brightness. Astronomers say that the flare was strong enough to cause such an effect.
According to data collected by the STEREO-B spacecraft – one of two NASA probes making up the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory – the flare was pointed straight at Earth, when it occurred on Monday.
Some areas may experience temporary radio blackouts, space weather experts say, but the events will only be temporary. On the other hand, the effects of incoming radiations will be made obvious in the northern lights, whose brightness is expected to increase considerably, Space reports.