The aurora borealis will be more visible than usual Sunday night, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

"The aurora does not need to be directly overhead but can be observed from as much as a 1,000 km [621 miles] away when the aurora is bright and if conditions are right," the agency explains on its ...

Some U.S. states could be treated to a northern lights display thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space forecasts.

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When the sun unleashes major solar flares, erutions or particle streams, that baseline aurora activity amps up, with the northern lights visible farther south than its typical polar regions.

Check out our aurora live updates blog for the latest northern lights forecasts and alerts. For those in northern latitudes, tonight could bring a chance to witness the northern lights.

Americans in more than a dozen northern states could see the northern lights Sunday, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the aurora borealis will be more visible than ...