Aurora over ladakh?

[madan kumar]

Is this for real?

It's all over the news.

https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/aurora-seen-over-ladakhs-hanle-as-intense-solar-storm-hits-earth-2537869-2024-05-11 

[Akarsh Simha]

Yes

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[kumar aariv]

It can of course be possible. Solar storms can come to Ladakh. But it is disastrous at large scales. Take Proxima Centauri for example. When it produces megaflares which are bigger than our sun's, it can strip the atmospheres of planets. We are lucky to live near a medium-sized calm star.