Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After Northern Lights appeared as far south as Colorado, Live Science discusses how "cannibal" coronal mass ejections (CME) are formed and what impact they have on Earth. Read more about the CME → livescience.com/cannibal-coronal-mass-ejection-inbound
0:00 Why are there auroras?
0:26 What makes a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection?
1:22 What is a sunspot?
2:05 What's the difference between solar flares and CME?
2:38 Do CMEs affect the Earth?
3:23 How to geomagnetic storms form auroras?
4:00 This storm's auroras
4:50 Can geomagnetic storms cause damage?
5:43 The Carrington Event of 1859
6:40 Downing of SpaceX satellites
8:08 Mars during an electromagnetic storm
8:37 Is there a way to know in advance?
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After Northern Lights appeared as far south as Colorado, Live Science discusses how "cannibal" coronal mass ejections (CME) are formed and what impact they have on Earth. Read more about the CME → livescience.com/cannibal-coronal-mass-ejection-inbound
0:00 Why are there auroras?
0:26 What makes a "cannibal" coronal mass ejection?
1:22 What is a sunspot?
2:05 What's the difference between solar flares and CME?
2:38 Do CMEs affect the Earth?
3:23 How to geomagnetic storms form auroras?
4:00 This storm's auroras
4:50 Can geomagnetic storms cause damage?
5:43 The Carrington Event of 1859
6:40 Downing of SpaceX satellites
8:08 Mars during an electromagnetic storm
8:37 Is there a way to know in advance?
Science News • Videos • Explainers
SUBSCRIBE to the Live Science YouTube channel → youtube.com/channel/UCOTA1_oiKnz8po1Rm3nDJPg?sub_confirmation=1
Twitter→ twitter.com/LiveScience
Facebook→ facebook.com/livescience
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Community Forums→ forums.livescience.com
For the science geek in everyone, LiveScience.com breaks down the stories behind the most interesting news and photos on the Internet, while also digging up fascinating discoveries that hit on a broad range of fields, from dinosaurs and archaeology to wacky physics and astronomy to health and human history. If you want to learn something interesting every day, Live Science is the place for you. #SolarFlare #SunSpot #Auroras
