JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Space Weather Prediction Center says a solar storm is heading toward Earth, and it could create some auroras, also known as northern lights, across parts of the United States and Canada over the next few days, with weather watchers capturing images of the auroras on Tuesday night.

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Wednesday, Nov. 12, following several large solar eruptions over the past few days.

These storms come from coronal mass ejections — bursts of plasma and magnetic energy from the sun that have been firing toward Earth since Friday. The latest eruption was linked to a major X-class flare, one of the strongest types the sun can produce.

So who will be able to see it?

If the impact is strong

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