We can expect additional aurora displays and potentially more impacts to technology over the next year or two, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Scientists at NASA and NOAA think the sun has reached the maximum phase of the solar cycle, which means another year — at least — of intense Northern Lights.

Experts have announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year. Scientists will not be able to determine the exact peak of this solar maximum period for many months because it's only identifiable after they've tracked a consistent decline in solar activity after that peak.

The space agency believes Jupiter’s moon is one of the “most promising places” to find habitable environments in the solar system.

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