A geomagnetic storm is headed toward Earth, potentially bringing displays of the northern lights and disruptions to critical infrastructure.

Earth was struck by a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), with the speed of upwards of 1000 km/sec late on Saturday

"Jenn was a brilliant scientist and a beloved friend and colleague who dedicated her life to understanding geomagnetic storms and their impacts on Earth."

According to NASA, solar radiation storms or solar flares occur when a large-scale magnetic eruption causes a coronal mass ejection that accelerates charged particles in the solar atmosphere to very high velocities.

What was the 1859 Carrington Event? As a massive solar flare, this event disrupted global telegraph systems and caused visible auroras all over the world.