According to the Exeter-based Met Office, a coronal mass ejection (CME) was seen leaving the Sun on November 2, and it should reach the Earth tonight or tomorrow.
Sightings of the aurora are likely along the northern horizon across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England, according to experts at the Met Office s HQ in Exeter.
The typically green and pink light shows occur when electrically charged particles from the Sun excite gases in the Earth s atmosphere, causing them to glow.
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Berlin Candy Bomber beats back COVID-19
Gail Halvorsen, the pilot who was known and loved by German children in the late 1940s as the Candy Bomber, mostly recovered from the coronavirus, his daughter told German media on Thursday.
Halvorsen, who lives in the US state of Utah and recently turned 100 years of age, has a cough but is otherwise doing very well, Denise Williams said.
The former pilot became famous after the end of World War II, when US, British and Allied pilots made hundreds of thousands of deliveries of groceries and supply by air.
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All 25 images have been selected to be part of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection
It is curated by blog Capture the Atlas, which judges pictures on image quality and the story behind the shot
It said: The collection brings our universe closer so everyone can learn more about this natural show
Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow!
Here we present 25 of the best aurora pictures taken around in the world in 2020 - and they are sure to make your eyes light up.
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They are part of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection, which is curated each year by travel and photography blog Capture the Atlas.