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How to see the Northern Lights in the UK TONIGHT: Aurora Borealis to light up the night sky as a huge solar storm strikes Earth - here's the best time to see the stunning display in your area

The dazzling light show is due to a geomagnetic storm - a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field caused by a violent ejection of charged particles from the sun.