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CME effects continue: fireworks & aurora tonight?

Coronal mass ejection effects continue here at Earth and the IMF is slowly gaining strength.

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Coronal mass ejection arrival

It took a little while but the anticipated coronal mass ejection has finally arrived. It hit ACE at 00:03 UTC which is less than an hour from our predicted arrival time.

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