We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you look up at the sky late at night and see clouds of multicolored light swirling in the darkness, you aren't witnessing an alien invasion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Update, Wednesday, May 28, 2025: A new forecast from NOAA ...

The solar maximum, predicted for July 2025, may increase the chances of seeing the aurora borealis further south. Geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections from the sun, create the aurora ...

The northern lights were visible in some northern U.S. states this week, and could be visible in Alaska through the weekend. The probability of seeing the aurora borealis from any U.S. state outside ...

The northern lights have a higher than usual chance of appearing for viewers in some northern states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as the Earth could see ...

The Northern Lights may be visible further south again in 2025 due to an expected peak in solar activity. The aurora borealis's visibility in southern states is rare, but it has happened before during ...