How and Where You Could See the Northern Lights on Thursday

Photos show the lights illuminating the sky in vivid color across the U.S. this week. They'll be visible again in some states on Thursday.

Watch: Timelapse video shows rare northern lights across the US

On Tuesday, NOAA issued a G4, or severe, geomagnetic storm watch in response to recent coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from the sun. CMEs are huge bubbles of coronal plasma that the sun occasionally ejects, NASA says. The highest geomagnetic storm level is G5, which is considered extreme.

Northern Lights display expected for 2nd night in a row for these US states

After displays of auroras lit up the sky on Tuesday, another Northern Light array is expected to bring a gleaming light show to the northern part of the U.S. Wednesday.

Missed The Northern Lights Yet Again? Here’s How To See Them Next Time

Many missed this week’s aurora due to clouds, light pollution or a simple lack of patience. Here’s how to prepare better.

Northern lights in Chicago dazzle as geomagnetic storm brings aurora borealis to Illinois

The northern lights were visible Tuesday night across the Chicago area, illuminating the sky with brightly colorful displays due to severe solar storms.

AP photographer gave the northern lights a Kanas touch when the solar storms made a rare appearance

VALLEY FALLS, Kansas (AP) — Charlie Riedel has been a staff photographer for The Associated Press based in Kansas City for 25 years. He has covered Olympics, Super Bowls and the Masters among many sporting events in his career. He also has covered presidential elections, weather disasters, the Gulf oil spill and protests.

Strong Northern Lights Forecast: 18 States Might View Aurora Borealis Tonight

Strong geomagnetic storms and a moderate solar radiation storm have led to an aurora view forecast for Wednesday night in the northern U.S.

Northern lights bring colorful show to North Georgia skies: Here's how you can see them

Solar storms​ may bring the colorful northern lights, or aurora borealis, back to North Georgia on Wednesday night.

Millions saw unexpected northern lights, as a wild solar storm unfolded across the world

Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. When the energized particles from coronal mass ejections reach Earth’s magnetic field, they interact with gases in the atmosphere to create different colored lights in the sky.

Are northern lights happening more frequently? What’s behind the recent activity.

Skies over North America erupted this week with shimmering colors: Shades of pink, purple and green swayed across the skies in Northern as well as some Southern states. It followed two similarly prolific auroral displays in North America in October and May of 2024.
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