The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30 minutes will be like. In the northern hemisphere auroras are called aurora borealis, aurora polaris, or northern lights, and in the southern hemisphere they are called aurora australis or southern lights. Aurora displays known as the northern and southern lights are commonly visible near the poles, where charged particles from the sun interact with earth’s atmosphere
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Skygazers are spotting the lights deeper into the united states and europe because the sun is going through a major facelift.
Discover the best locations to see the northern lights tonight with our interactive map
To accurately predict when and where you can see the northern lights, we track three 3 essential measurements Kp index 1, hpi 2, and bz 3. Also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the sun and earth called space weather. Auroras are the result of disturbances in the earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections
These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. The aurora borealis—better known as the northern lights—is likely to be visible across the top of the united states, and perhaps even in some central states, as a strong geomagnetic storm hits. Whether you're planning a trip to see the northern lights or just curious about the science behind them, here's everything you need to know about what causes the northern lights, when and where to. Friday’s northern lights forecast follows strong geomagnetic storms late thursday and early friday, which made the aurora borealis visible in roughly 22 states.
Aurora, luminous phenomenon of earth’s upper atmosphere that occurs primarily in high latitudes of both hemispheres