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 ...

Over the next two nights, a widespread display of the northern lights will dance across the northern U.S., including Philadelphia, and the lights could dip as far as Alabama and northern California. A ...

The Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and even the deep South could be in for an aurora borealis treat Sunday night. A strong geomagnetic storm could make northern lights visible to much of the U.S. There’s a ...

The multicolored phenomenon known as the northern lights are an easily explained scientific reaction that typically takes ...

Forecasters at NOAA are predicting a Kp index of four out of nine on Sunday night, meaning the aurora could appear “brighter” ...

Some areas in Alaska and Canada could see a show in the night sky on July 23, while chances of catching the aurora in the northern contiguous U.S are lower. Parts of nearly a dozen states along the ...

Millions of Americans will have a chance at seeing the Northern Lights overnight on Tuesday into the early hours of Wednesday morning if the weather cooperates. Newsweek reached out to AccuWeather by ...

The sun is near its solar maximum, which has led to remarkable light shows at night over the past year. The Fourth of July holiday will bring explosive light shows on Friday night, but many folks will ...