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April Fools, Coronal hole faces Earth
Yesterday's article about NASA launching a satellite to close solar coronal holes in order to make human missions to Mars possible was of course the SpaceWeatherLive April Fools prank. It was entertaining to see all of your responses and a couple of you even fell for the prank. Great fun! If you missed the article and like a good laugh be sure to click here and give it a read.
Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future
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X2.0 solar flare from sunspot region 4001
Coronal hole faces Earth, Minor G1 geomagnetic storm watch
Double coronal holes face Earth
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