Solar Storm 2024 May 11. Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky north of san francisco in middletown, california on may 11, 2024. Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist.
From may 3 through may 9, 2024, nasa’s solar dynamics observatory observed 82 notable solar flares. On may 11, virginia tech researchers captured surprising data using a nasa instrument to measure charged particles as they moved around the earth.