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The Northern Lights are visible over the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on October 11, 2024 near New York City. / Credit: Roy Rochlin / Getty Images Where will the northern lights be visible tonight?
Northern lights usually dance in the sky for a few minutes and then slither off. Sometimes a display can last around 15 to 30 minutes or even a few hours. But that is unusual.
A map from the Space Weather Prediction Center shows the aurora forecast for the U.S. on Oct. 4, 2024. / Credit: Space Weather Prediction Center
Aurora borealis, or the northern lights, are seen Oct. 10 in Oxford, Iowa. The auroras are a natural light display in Earth's sky that are famously best seen in high-latitude regions of the ...
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the "Northern Lights", illuminate the sky as people gather to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower near the village of Borodinka in the Omsk region, Russia ...
The Aurora Borealis has in fact been appearing more frequently throughout the United States, like in 2023 when the lights were seen as far as Arkansas in the South and Arizona in the West.
What causes aurora borealis? The aurora is occurring more regularly and in wider areas due to increased amounts of coronal mass ejections associated with the "solar maximum," which will happen in ...
The NWS also said the aurora doesn't have to be directly above an area for it to be visible and can be observed more than 600 miles away when the aurora is bright and weather conditions are right.