There's a chance for G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm tonight, NOAA space weather forecaster Shawn Dahl told CNET.

A powerful solar storm has sent particles flowing from the sun that are interacting with Earth's magnetosphere in ways that are triggering the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis.

Aurora borealis is one of the coolest astronomical events that we can see with the naked eye. It makes the sky glow beautiful colors, and auroras are just random enough to be exciting occurrences.

Here's when and how to spot the aurora borealis from select spots across the United States the night of March 25 into the morning of March 26 Hasan Akbas /Anadolu via Getty Step outside and look up!

A powerful solar storm over the weekend sent clouds of particles toward Earth, triggering the aurora borealis. The lights were as visible as far south as Florida and Hawaii in May 2024.

A handful of northern states may be able to see aurora borealis Saturday night, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as a minor geomagnetic storm looms.

Such storms are known to bring the aurora borealis as low as Idaho and New York—although current NOAA predictions are more conservative. The agency's forecasts suggested that the phenomena may ...

The United States will have a chance to take in the northern lights, or aurora borealis, Wednesday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather ...

The sky is filled with color from the aurora borealis. NOAA forecast a Kp index of four on a scale of nine, suggesting the aurora borealis will move further away from the poles and be “quite ...

The viewing line for the aurora borealis is expected to be as far south as the Illinois-Wisconsin border, but forecasts aren't always precise so seeing the lights in the Chicago area is not ...

Here's what to know about this week's chance to view the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. What are the 'northern lights' aka aurora borealis? The northern lights are a luminous ...

Also known as the aurora borealis, the colourful light show turns the sky various fluorescent shades. The Met Office says the aurora is due to a 'high speed stream' (HSS) emitted from a coronal ...