The northern lights have become more visible to more people in recent weeks as activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum,” causing more sunspots and coronal mass ejections ...

The plasma then collides with nitrogen and oxygen causing red and green glows which we call the Northern or Southern lights," Huw Morgan, head of the solar physics group at the United Kingdom's ...

Where are the best places to see the northern lights? From Minnesota and Alaska to Iceland and Greenland, here are the top places to view the aurora borealis.

This is a prediction of the intensity and location of the aurora borealis tonight and tomorrow night over North America. It also shows a 'viewline' that represents the southern-most locations from which you may see the aurora on the northern horizon.

The latest 24 hours of image frames comprising the Northern and Southern hemisphere loops (with time-tagged file names) are available: Northern, Southern. The most recent Northern and Southern Hemisphere images (with static file names) are available: Northern, Southern

The best places to view aurora are high northern latitudes during the winter in northern Europe, Asia and North America. To see the aurora you need a mostly clear and dark sky. During very large auroral events, the aurora may be seen at lower latitudes throughout the world, but these are rare.

What are the northern lights? The northern lights, or aurora borealis, materialize when energized particles from the sun reach Earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph,...

In the Northern Hemisphere, the phenomenon is called the northern lights (aurora borealis), while in the Southern Hemisphere, it's called the southern lights (aurora australis). The bright...

Such a storm increases the chance of auroras — also known as northern lights — and can temporarily disrupt power and radio signals. NOAA’s Friday forecast shows continued higher-than-normal activity, but the chances for another overnight show are slim farther south of Canada and the northern Plains states. What causes northern lights?