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 ...

Aurora photographer Dennis Lehtonen, 30, talks with PEOPLE about where to spot the northern lights in 2026 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you look up at the sky late at night and see clouds of multicolored light swirling in the darkness, you aren't witnessing an alien invasion ...

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.

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 ...

A photographer captured footage of a mesmerizing green aurora borealis close to Fairbanks, Alaska, on Friday, January 16.

The northern lights could make a rare appearance over Washington and other northern states on Wednesday night, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Alaska has the best chance of seeing ...

The aurora borealis, better known as the Northern Lights, is typically associated with far-northern destinations like Alaska, northern Canada, or Scandinavia. However, periods of heightened solar ...

A recent coronal mass ejection may disrupt Earth’s geomagnetic field on Friday, potentially making the aurora borealis visible in more than a dozen states across the northern U.S., according to the ...