The Aurora Winter Train offers a six-night adventure from Anchorage to Fairbanks with unforgettable Arctic scenery.

Northern lights activity is still raging—here’s our expert’s guide on how to see (really see!) the kaleidoscopic northern ...

Imagine standing beneath a sky alive with swirling greens, purples, and reds—nature's own light show, the aurora borealis. Alaska, with its vast, dark skies and prime location beneath the auroral oval ...

Experts say 2026 will be a peak year for aurora spotting. Photographer Wil Cheung has seen the borealis more than 400 times ...

Much of America’s northernmost state, Alaska, lies in the auroral oval, a donut-shaped region of light activity above Earth’s geomagnetic North and South Poles. The green and violet ribbons delight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Correction, July 28. 2025: the section on The Arctic Train ...

The northern lights were visible in some northern U.S. states this week, and could be visible in Alaska through the weekend. The probability of seeing the aurora borealis from any U.S. state outside ...

Hoosiers have another chance of spotting the aurora borealis this week, according to space weather forecasters who say colorful auroras might appear low on the horizon as far south as Indianapolis ...

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.

If seeing the northern lights is on your bucket list, this coming fall and winter might be the perfect time to make it happen. 2024 is predicted to be one of the best years to see the northern lights, ...