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WASHINGTON — Auroras lit up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday, 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."

"I have the sensation of living through a historic night in France... It was really charged, with solar particles and emotions," Eric Lagadec, an astrophysicist at the Observatoire de Cote d'Azur, wrote on social media after the first night....

Stargazers in New Jersey — and many states across the nation — who woke up early Saturday morning were treated to a dazzling sky show as a powerful solar storm caused the colorful Northern Lights to glow in places that rarely see them. From Metuchen in Middlesex County to Bedminster in Somerset County and towns up in Bergen County, scores of skywatchers took to social media to post photos they snapped of this rare event. In case you slept late and missed it, there is some good news: The Space Weather Prediction Center says the Northern Lights may be visible in many areas of the United States a......