The best time to try and see the northern lights is between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., according to NOAA. If you’re hoping to see ...

THE NORTHERN Lights are set to dazzle parts of the UK tonight, with the Met Office issuing a 90 per cent chance alert.

The stunning phenomenon was captured recently by NASA astronaut Don Pettit as the space station passed over the aurora at an altitude of about 250 miles. Pettit noted the “intensely green ...

Colors of the aurora borealis, and the southern counterpart, aurora australis, run the gamut. The hue depends on the altitude of the reaction, as well as the type of atmospheric gas involved.

2025 is set to be a spectacular year for witnessing the northern lights, with the solar cycle reaching its peak and creating ...

The northern lights, also known as aurora borealis ... these are determined by Earth's atmosphere and the altitude of the molecular collisions, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks ...

Now is the perfect time to see the night sky phenomenon, with the moon waning in its last quarter and the sun in a ‘solar maximum' phase throughout 2025.

While there’s a lower likelihood of seeing the aurora borealis in the continental ... city light pollution and is ideally at a higher altitude, such as on top of a hill, NOAA suggests.