Earth experiences third near-miss by solar eruption in a week

Earth narrowly dodged a direct hit from a coronal mass eruption of energy from the sun for the third time in a week in a week according to SpaceWeather. The coronal mass ejection delivered a glancing blow to Earth on 23 March. While Earth was not hit directly, the energy eruption energized Earth's auroras - the multicoloured sky phenomena known as the northern and southern lights.