This just in: expect solar storms of unusual ferocity

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solar storms or space weather creates beautiful auroras like the northern lights
Auroras, such as the Northern Lights shown here over Lyngen in Norway, are caused by solar storms: space weather. Credit: Hak Liang Goh / Getty

Low Earth orbit is an increasingly crowded place as the next peak period of solar storms arrives. What’s the forecast for space technological systems?

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