Here's when and where you can watch the massive geomagnetic storm that's headed toward Earth

Space enthusiasts get excited! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted that thousands of people could witness breathtaking aurora displays this week after it was reported that the sun had launched a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) on Tuesday. The giant solar flare, which registered an X7.1 , was launched toward our planet around Tuesday.

According to experts, it is believed that the dazzling light show will be visible on Friday through Sunday in various parts of the US. Experts at NOAA have issued a G3 warning — a very strong warning — about the solar activity this week. Those at the Space Weather Prediction Center have stated that the lights will be mainly visible from the northern states while states in the Midwest to Oregon might be able to capture a brief glimpse.

"Possible impacts for both span from early on the 4th through early on the 6th, which aligns with SWPC issuing a G3 Watch for all three days," space weather forecaster and meteorologist Sara Housseal wrote in a post on X. "Timing and strength can vary, as always, but a key force here will be the opportunity for the first CME (X7) to pre-disturb the environment ahead of the second CME (X9), which could amplify activity,"

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Shawn Dahl, the service coordinator for NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center told The Washington Post that the timeframe they had given is pretty accurate but warned that, like all weather, it is subject to change. “Mind you we have a fair level of confidence in timing … but a lower level of confidence regarding intensity at this time,” he said per the outlet.

As previously reported, the celestial body unleashed an X-class solar flare — one of the most powerful flares the sun can produce — on Tuesday around 6pm as well as the CME. It was reported by LiveScience that the flare originated out of sunspot AR3842 near the sun's solar equator and was the second most powerful flare to occur since the start of Solar Cycle 25, the sun's most recent solar cycle which began in May.

So far, the sun's most powerful flare belongs to one that occurred in May and registered a whopping X8 magnitude. According to the outlet, May's blast was the most powerful flare on record in the last seven years. After the blast on Tuesday, experts claim that radiation from the sun managed to bypass the Earth's magnetic field and caused a temporary radio blackout in large parts of the Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii.

This year has been a major win for those interested in the goings-on in space. Last month it was reported that a star was due to explode above Earth . The system has been dubbed T Coronea Borealis or known to astronomers as "T CrB" and sits roughly 3,000 light-years away. According to NASA experts, the system is comprised of what is known as a white-dwarf star and a red giant star which is being robbed of its hydrogen by the white dwarf. NASA experts say that the experience happens only once every 80 years.