This year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms due to a series of solar eruptions.
Geomagnetic storms are disturbances in Earths magnetospherea large bubble of magnetic field around our planetcaused by solar wind.
A satellites slight shift in orbits puts it at a greater risk of collision.
NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this photo of the aurora from the ISS.Matthew Dominick/NASA
This is half of all active satellites deciding to maneuver at one time, he said.
This makes it the largest mass migration in history.
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