A Living Inferno of Fire and Light

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 04/03/2025

CO-ROTATING INTERACTION REGION: Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on April 4-5 when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth. CIRs are transition zones between fast- and slow-moving solar wind. Solar wind plasma piles up in these regions, producing shock waves and intense magnetic fields that do a good job sparking auroras.

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