ToplineA selection of states in the northern U.S. will have an opportunity to see the northern lights on Tuesday night, following a recent geomagnetic storm that pulled the phenomenon further south, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast.

The sun ejected a sizable solar flare earlier in the week and it's going to cause the northern lights to stretch down into the US.

People in the northernmost states may have a chance to see auroras glowing in the northern sky tonight.

Geomagnetic storm conditions are expected on Saturday night, likely pulling the northern lights further south below the Canadian border, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast. (Here’s an updated forecast for Sunday night.)

Early attempts to capture images of the Northern Lights are going on show in a new exhibition at Cambridge's Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute. The sketches, by Danish-born teacher and self-taught scientist,

The results of a massive solar flare from earlier this week could create more amazing light shows for people in the northern parts of the US.

It is “likely” that the Northern Lights could be snapped in Wiltshire’s skies tonight after an amber alert was issued. AuroraWatch UK, a service provided by physicists from Lancaster University, issued an amber alert shortly before 5.

The northern lights will potentially be visible from 12 states Sunday night, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration update. Sunday night’s forecast has a Kp index of four, meaning the lights will be “quite pleasing to look at” where visible as more motion and formations will be possible as the lights become brighter,