Northern Lights May Return This Week After Huge Solar Flare, But NOAA Sees Only a Glancing Hit
Boulder, Colorado—May 11, 2026, 14:04 MDT. Forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center said a solar flare that erupted on May 10 sent a coronal mass ejection into space, but it looks like the bulk of that solar material is set to pass by Earth. Still, a glancing blow—or a shock arrival—could reach Earth late on May 12 or early
