Five coronal mass ejections have been released from the sun in a short period of time, three of which are due to hit the Earth and cause geomagnetic storms.
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    G3-level conditions & extended #aurora possible," space weather physicist Tamitha Skov posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, early on Thursday morning.

    CMEs and solar flares are released from sunspots on the sun’s surface, which are dark spots caused by regions of intense magnetic field activity.

    The magnetic fields can break, causing solar flares that are electromagnetic storms on the surface of the sun," Roger Dube, a professor of physics at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, told Newsweek.

    When a CME hits the Earth’s magnetic field, it can trigger geomagnetic storms, which are classed based on their strength on a scale of G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).

    Geomagnetic storms can have a number of impacts on Earth, ranging from voltage issues with electronics and radio blackouts to increased drag on satellites.

    "[CMEs] travel into the interplanetary region, and if it encounters the Earth, we see Space Weather storms that can knock out satellites and affect communications and the power grid.

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