Northern Lights alert for Scots to see stellar display again as solar storm could strike 'almost anytime'

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People all over Scotland and the rest of the UK were treated to a stunning display of the Northern Lights over the past weekend, with countless people able to catch a glimpse of the lit-up night sky.But if you missed out on seeing the aurora borealis, don't panic - there could be another opportunity to see them, and soon.That's according to Lancaster University physics professor Jim Wild, who told the Mirror that a brand new display this week 'could not be ruled out' as a solar storm could strike and result in the phenomenon at nearly any time.

Northern Lights stuns Scotland as strongest solar storm in decades strikes skies Scotland's best Northern Lights pictures in astonishing show of aurora borealis This is because the Sun remains very active and could fire off another coronal mass ejection towards the earth - which is what causes the aurora to appear.

Jim said: "At the moment, we know there is at least one more heading in our direction, but it’s not yet clear how whether it will hit Earth and if it does it’s unlikely to have as powerful an impact as the one that arrived on Friday.

We can’t rule out more displays of the Northern Lights in the next few days, but for now it looks like last weekend’s activity was the main event. "Events of the size we saw at the weekend typically occur every couple of decades, but that is just measure of statistical likelihood.