It missed us by 9 days

Solar superstorms and Aurora Science in Alaska
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Resources and further reading:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.....wiley.com/doi/full/1
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.....wiley.com/doi/full/1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38918-8
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2021986/amp
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phen....omena/coronal-mass-e
https://science.nasa.gov/scien....ce-news/science-at-n
https://assets.lloyds.com/asse....ts/pdf-solar-storm-r
https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.....wiley.com/doi/full/1
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-....solar-storms-threate