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Why Aurora Borealis Reached as Far South as Kentucky – Scientist Explains

Suhail Ahmed

On a spring night that felt ordinary until it suddenly wasn’t, residents across Kentucky looked up and saw the sky bloom with ribbons of crimson and electric green. The spectacle wasn’t magic; it was the visible wake of a severe solar storm slamming energy into Earth’s magnetic shield. That collision pushed the aurora oval far ...