As a result, aurora hunters really only have up to a few hours advanced notice to decide whether venturing outside is worthwhile or not. Can we expect more auroras soon? At the time of writing, the sunspot region responsible for the recent display is still spitting out X-class flares and...
Interestingly, the northern and southern lights, or aurora australis, occur simultaneously but the inverse seasons mean they generally aren’t visible at the same time. Play video When is the best time of year to see the northern lights? The aurora borealis are potentially visible under dark ski...
The aurora borealis is visible most nights, weather permitting, within a band several hundred miles wide that's centered at about 66 degrees north — about the same latitude as the Arctic Circle. But geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections (CME), can ramp up the northern lights...