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The world-famous colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to reach Earth. That's because when the solar ...

open image in gallery The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday. The Space Weather Prediction Center says a minor geomagnetic storm is likely to impact Earth over the weekend ...

A geomagnetic storm is projected to affect the Earth over the weekend, likely pulling the northern lights further south after forecasters warned about the lingering effects of a recent coronal ...

After a year of out-of-this-world solar events — including a total solar eclipse and sightings of the northern lights — 2025 will bring even more reasons to look up at the sky. Things are ...

Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather ...

It's happening again: an incoming solar storm may allow the northern lights to be visible across the United States and Midwest. For those who didn't see them back in May, or the encore performance ...

It’s hard to avoid photos of the northern lights at the moment. Over the past few months, vivid displays of dancing greens, pinks and purples have lit up the skies and captivated even locals in ...

A woman ringing in the new year was treated to some fireworks alongside an amazing natural phenomenon at the same time.

Purple northern lights are less common than green or red aurora and are caused by nitrogen atoms in the atmosphere being bombarded by the strong solar wind. Last year was one of the best years on ...

The Northern Lights could be visible from the UK this evening in parts that aren't covered by snow clouds after a red alert was issued. The alert by AuroraWatch UK says that "it is likely that ...