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NOAA scientists have given this a really, really simple explanation and it's it's called like a cannibal coronal mass ejection.
That's the that's causing all of these auroras going on right now.
There's a sunspot on the sun called AR2975 right now producing up to 17 solar eruptions, two of which were have headed straight towards us now.
Solar storms have caused power outages in the past, including the 1989 Quebec power cut caused by a geomagnetic storm.
Luckily, most power companies have already built in protections for these kind of things.
Back in 1859 , there was a really big event called the the the Great Carrington Event, which was the largest sort of solar storm in modern human history.
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