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Satellites passing through this area often experience malfunctions, with systems crashing, data corruption, and equipment failure.

People up late tonight could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights according to the Met Office, with those in Scotland and Northern England having the highest chances of all

The Fram2 mission will fly astronauts over the North and South poles – a unique trajectory that Houston researchers will use to study space radiation.

The effect known as 'Russell-McPherron' is down to the alignment of the Sun and Earth around the spring and autumn equinox and means that you are twice as likely to see the aurora in spring and autumn than winter and summer.

You can easily know about its presence with the help of a magnetic compass, which always points north. Earth is similar to a magnet bar and the north and south poles represent the two sides.