These powerful bursts of energy "can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts," per a NASA statement.
A Lancaster University study published Monday found these solar storms can also cause errors on railways, switching train signals from red to green in "the worst case scenario."
CMEs can supercharge the auroras and this event has raised the possibility that people in New England to see the northern lights, CBS News reports.
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