Scientists reveal when Brits could see the Northern Lights again – and it’s soon
People visit St Mary’s lighthouse in Whitley Bay to see the aurora borealis last weekend (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)Scientists have confirmed Brits will be able to see the Northern Lights again in as soon as two weeks.
The sunspot cluster, which hurled energy and gas towards the Earth, will rotate back to us in a fortnight.
If the cluster is large and complex enough, it will generate more explosions which creates the aurora borealis as it hits the Earth’s magnetic field.
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