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Northern Lights 'red alert' issued - exact best time to see them across UK tonight


The natural wonder set to be visible across the UK including all of England tonight, say the experts.

The Met Office Space Weather forecasting service stated: "A coronal mass ejection (CME) arrived at Earth in the late afternoon on April 15th. The British Geological Survey suggests that the most impressive displays of the Northern Lights occur around the equinoxes (March-April and September-October), due to increased magnetic storms during these periods. "The brightest aurora are typically around 11pm to midnight local time," says Andy Smith, a researcher at Northumbria University who is using artificial intelligence to predict space weather.

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