The northern lights will have a better chance of being seen throughout Canada and Alaska once the sun sets in the state. A ...

Much of the Upper Midwest is within Sunday night’s viewing range, including North Dakota, parts of Montana, northern ...

The aurora's are back! And may be visible throughout the weekend. The University of Alaska and NOAA track auroras using the Kp-index, a global auroral activity indicator which has a scale from 0 to 9.

Northern-lights-focused tours that include aurora hotspots like Finland and Sweden cover more ground and give you more opportunities (and backdrops) for northern lights viewing.

Northern lights forecasts can be found on NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center website or an aurora forecasting app. Consider aurora-watching in a quiet, dark area away from city lights.

Aurora borealis is one of the coolest astronomical events that we can see with the naked eye. It makes the sky glow beautiful colors, and auroras are just random enough to be exciting occurrences.

This means the northern lights will start to get stronger and more frequent as the solar maximum approaches, reported USA TODAY. Solar maximum is expected in July 2025, with a peak of 115 sunspots ...