The solar eruption set Earth's skies ablaze, with vibrant auroras visible across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

There's a chance for G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm tonight, NOAA space weather forecaster Shawn Dahl tells CNET.

Aurora does not have to be directly overhead to be visible: it can be observed from more than 600 miles away if the conditions are right.

A pair of solar flares are expected to reach Earth on Tuesday, April 15, as geomagnetic storm could bring aurora to several northern states.

Aurora is a shifting pattern of light emitted ... of 17.247864 ± 0.000010 h is derived from long-term Hubble Space Telescope images of its ultraviolet aurorae. The high accuracy of this ...

You might be able to see the northern lights in Wisconsin heading into the weekend, according to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction ... Thursday's aurora forecast has a Kp index of three ...

According to the Space Weather Prediction Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Thursday's aurora borealis will be rather mild. The agency is calling for a Kp index of ...

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Article continues below The Weather Agency says a "fast stream of solar wind" is likely to bring visible Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis ... It said in a space weather forecast ...

This interaction causes the electrons to become “excited” before releasing the colorful displays of the aurora borealis. Solar events occur more frequently during peaks in activity on the sun ...

While sightings of the aurora borealis are most common in Scotland, on Tuesday night areas further south were able to enjoy the astronomical phenomena. The lights, were visible in Whitley Bay ...