For the first time in 19 years, a "severe" solar storm warning has ... our atmosphere between May 10 and May 11. The last ...

The Northern Lights are caused by the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the sun interacting with Earth’s ...

Geomagnetic storm conditions are expected on Saturday night, likely pulling the northern lights further south below the ...

During May 2024, a series of eruption events on the sun saw the largest geomagnetic storm hit Earth in two decades. The largest since the solar storms of Halloween 2003, it occurred from May 10 to ...

On a scale of G1 to G5, the SWPC predicted a G4, which was reached earlier Thursday afternoon. For comparison, the geomagnetic storm that occurred on May 10-11 was a G5. But the caveat, as always, is ...

The timing of the storm should provide a great show for Europe, but those in North America could also see the dazzling lights if the storm persists into nighttime.

"The aurora may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California," NOAA predicted.

says there is currently a Level 5 "Extreme" Geomagnetic Storm on Thursday night, Oct. 10, which would match the alert level from May 10’s storm that sparked near global auroras. UPDATE!

The aurora borealis could be seen as far south as Alabama and California on Thursday night, and the surge of solar particles could extend into Friday too.

Get ready to pull out your cameras: There's a geomagnetic storm underway, and it could produce the northern lights across the country.