This is due to the anticipated onset of fast winds.” The Northern Lights form in an oval around the North Pole in an area called the “auroral zone". Areas in the “auroral zone” include ...

There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and ...

The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, may to be visible in a few northern states throughout Friday night if weather conditions allow. Though the colorful night-sky phenomenon is ...

It was a biting 10 degrees Fahrenheit the first night I saw the northern lights. My mom, who’d agreed to join my winter aurora chase in Iceland, watched the swirls cozied up in the car—but I ...

If you're unable to view the northern lights in person, an online live view is the next best (and considerably warmer) thing. The northern lights are a truly remarkable spectacle, with curtains of ...

March is set for some spectacular celestial displays with a 'Blood Moon', a partial solar eclipse, and, now, a potential Northern Lights display illuminating the sky at various points. According ...

Nov. 10, 2022 — For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that ...

North Central and Northwestern states have the best chance of viewing. The peak of the current solar cycle is ongoing, bringing spectacular views of the northern lights to several U.S. states.

An incoming geomagnetic storm may affect Earth’s magnetic field and pull the northern lights to more ... [+] states. NOAA forecast a Kp index of four on a scale of nine for Monday, meaning ...

The northern lights will likely not be as active Wednesday or Thursday, with projected Kp indexes of two for either day, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast. There is a chance for some minor ...