But as a rule of thumb, if the weather is clear, the best aurora is usually visible within an hour or two of midnight, according to NOAA. And if it looks as if the northern lights will flare up ...

indicating lights that have moved far from the poles and are “quite bright and active.” The aurora is expected to extend further south than usual because of a strong geomagnetic storm ...

The northern lights lit up the sky in central Illinois on the night of Tuesday, March 25. Timelapse footage from X user @SamWx__ shows the pink hues of the aurora lighting the sky near Varna, Illinois ...

The aurora’s brilliant and colorful display managed to shine through the partly cloudy skies that covered the region. Residents spotted the lights from northern New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine ...

The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, result from geomagnetic storms. These take place when charged particles from the sun collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere ...

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The Northern Lights - or aurora - lit up the skies across the United Kingdom on Tuesday night. While sightings are more common in northern parts of the UK, over the last week the spectacular ...