No matter how many times you see them, the northern lights, or aurora borealis—and their Southern Hemisphere equivalent, the aurora australis—are an ethereal, breathtaking sight. Dancing ...

"Think of it like opposite polarity magnets that attract." Most places in the US won't have an opportunity to see the aurora borealis, but people in the most northern regions (especially Alaska ...

The Northern Lights, otherwise known as Aurora Borealis, will be visible across multiple states in the U.S. on April 15 and 16, 2025. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has an ...

Aurora borealis is produced when the energy and particles from solar events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections interact with Earth’s magnetic field, as those particles interact with ...

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, could be visible tonight, April 8, 2025, in several northern U.S. states, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Parts of Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, northern Minnesota and Upper Michigan have a low chance of seeing the aurora borealis, whereas most of northern Canada and Alaska have ...

The northern and southern lights – or aurora borealis and aurora australis – appear in polar regions when the atmosphere’s charged particles are excited by solar activity, which is currently ...

On Friday night, the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, were visible in parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and more states across the U.S. The ...

Article continues below The Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis, are caused by large explosions of activity from the Sun, which throw out huge amounts of charged particles ...

Thursday's aurora forecast has a Kp index of three while Friday's has a Kp index of five. For indexes in this range, the lights will likely "become brighter and there will be more auroral ...