No, it won’t, unless it created the atmospheric effects which prevented the lookouts from seeing the iceberg until it was too late...
...and influenced the engineering of its bulkheads & rudder...
...and weakened its hull due to a coal bunker fire...
This.
A bit more explanation in the article. The author theorizes that the solar storms could have impacted the ship’s compass and thus mis-directed the ship to the iceberg.
Agreed, the title is a bit misleading. “Contributing Factor” might have been more correct.
What about the known reasons for the disaster?
1. Bruce Ismay ordered Captain Smith to push Titanic to nearly 23 kts, faster than her sea trials, to get to New York in record time. This of course would increase her stopping distance.
2. Her course was altered to a higher latitude for the same purpose, even though this placed Titanic in known ice fields.
3. Wireless was for all types of communications including emergencies. Distress codes including SOS were used that night. In addition, Titanic’s operators received many ice reports from other ships earlier that day.
4. What aurora borealis? The night was pitch dark as it was new moon phase. The lookouts strained to see ahead in the blackness.
5. The lookouts saw the iceberg too late BECAUSE THEY HAD NO BINOCULARS! These were in a locked compartment in the crow’s nest but the key was in the possession of a White Star employee who failed to board at Southhampton. It recently sold at auction for a huge price.
6. It was a combination of conditions and human errors which caused the collision, not mysterious lights in the sky.
7. It can be argued that Titanic’s steel was made brittle by cold seas. It appears that the iceberg did not pierce the hull, but buckled it for 350 ft of its length.
There is a youtube vid depicting wireless traffic between Titanic and other ships that night. Chilling to listen to.