WASHINGTON: Auroras could light up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), after already dazzling Earthlings from the United States to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before.

A powerful solar storm – which could continue into Sunday – has triggered spectacular celestial shows usually confined to the far northern reaches of the planet, hence their nickname of the "northern lights."

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