The sun is currently at solar maximum, according to NASA, the peak of activity in its natural cycle, which is creating more opportunities to see the northern lights.
Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions from Jan. 24 through to Jan. 25. Northern lights might be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states.
Solar material is gusting out of the dark patch in the Sun's corona towards Earth at more than a million miles per hour.
A gigantic hole has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere and is currently big enough to spot from Earth. The structure located near the solar equator measures nearly 500,000 miles wide—more than 62 times the width of Earth—and is spewing a fast-moving stream of solar wind—charged particles or plasma—toward our planet,
A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, forecasters said.
The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases the likelihood of northern lights displays being visible to more people, as the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection reach Earth, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast.
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A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), potentially triggering colorful auroras over the northern U.S.
Aurora chasers are on high alert as a minor geomagnetic storm is expected to hit Earth soon, potentially triggering spectacular northern lights displays in the northern hemisphere.
Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a planetary K-index -- which characterizes the magnitude of geomagnetic storms - of five out of a scale of nine for Friday and Saturday,