The sun is currently in a period of heightened activity, known as solar maximum, where solar flares and eruptions are more ...

A severe geomagnetic storm caused the Northern Lights to appear over a wide area of Europe and the United States on Sunday, ...

Best viewing of the Northern Lights will be outside city limits and away from windows as early at 9:15 p.m. Sunday evening.

A strong solar storm is set to impact Earth's magnetosphere to start June, likely sparking a display of the Northern Lights ...

A severe solar storm may make the northern lights visible across the Carolinas Sunday night, with the best chance between 8 p ...

Viewers in the area may have the rare chance to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights Sunday night into early Monday morning ...

With current projections showing a Kp index near 7 to 8 Sunday night into early Monday, parts of the U.S., including possibly the Carolinas, could catch a glimpse of the northern lights (aurora ...

Sunspot AR3590 unleashed X1.8 and X1.7-class solar flares within a few hours of one another. Cell phone outages spiked across the United States around the same time but it is unclear if they are ...

May 2024’s geomagnetic storm reached a G5 level, making the northern lights visible to the naked eye as far south as Florida.

EDT on June 1, 2025, instruments registered a geomagnetic K-index of 8, creeping toward 9, meaning a solar storm has arrived.

For D.C.-area aurora chasers are recommended to scan the northern horizon visually and with a smartphone/camera starting as ...