SAN ANTONIO – A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant release of gas and magnetic energy from the sun. CMEs are common, but a stronger one was observed early Sunday morning, June 1.

This weekend, residents in the northernmost parts of Texas — particularly those in the Panhandle north of Amarillo — may be able to see the Northern Lights with the naked eye. A broader area, stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and as far south as the Austin-San Antonio region, could still catch the display through a camera lens.

A severe geomagnetic storm could bring the northern lights and possible technological effects to the U.S. to start the week, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center has warned. On Friday, a “powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the Sun,