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Contrary to forecasts, a G2-level magnetic storm has begun on Earth

On the evening of October 31, 2026, the magnetic storm unexpectedly intensified from level G1 to G2, although in the morning specialists had excluded geomagnetic disturbances from the two-day forecast. Against the backdrop of the storm, auroras of maximum intensity — 10 out of 10 — were observed over the territory of Russia.

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Auroras of maximum intensity observed over Russia amid a magnetic storm

On the evening of October 31, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported auroras of the highest category — 10 out of 10 — over Russian territory. The phenomenon accompanies a magnetic storm that began on the night of October 30 to 31. Scientists had earlier forecast a G1–G2 storm lasting 12–15 hours, and on October 29 a prominence about 500 thousand kilometers long was recorded on the Sun.

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