The best viewing is on a clear night, away from light pollution. In a TikTok video, Bianchi says the sky should be clear across Colorado tonight, which makes for optimal Aurora Borealis viewing conditions. Those searching for the lights should check the sky between 8 p.m. and midnight.

The northern lights are a colorful light display in the northern hemisphere's sky caused by the sun. The northern lights are also known by their scientific name, aurora borealis. When the light display is in the southern hemisphere, it is referred to as ...

The Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, may be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states Tuesday, December 9, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA). A full-halo coronal mass ...

NOAA space weather forecasts indicate aurora borealis visibility across parts of the northern United States tonight, driven by solar wind conditions from a solar coronal hole.

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a rare S4 solar radiation storm on Monday January 19th, 2026 which is the first solar radiation storm rated at 4 (out of 5) since October 2003. This is combined with G4 level severe geomagnetic storm (G4) conditions as high energy particles reached the Earth’s upper atmosphere.