The northern lights will inject additional dazzle for some across the U.S. this New Year's Eve. The big picture: An incoming solar storm on Tuesday night will provide aurora viewers in many northern states and "some of the lower Midwest to Oregon" one last chance to catch the lights this year,

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact Earth on Saturday and Sunday following the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection: plasma and magnetic field that is expelled from the sun.

Scottish aurora spotters may have the chance to see the Northern Lights tonight - if snow clouds in the the skies above them don't block out the phenomenon. A red alert for the colourful scene was issued by AuroraWatch UK earlier this evening. It said: "it is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK".