Northern Lights

While the night sky should be cloud-free again, the northern lights aren’t expected to be as prominent in our skies tonight. Given the ongoing solar storm peaked with G4 conditions last night (and a Kp index of 8) around 10 p.m, the strength of the storm is weakening. It will still be possible to see something, but the view will…

People across New England were treated to a show in the skies Thursday evening the likes of which haven’t been seen in years. The northern lights were visible across the region amid a geomagnetic storm watch, and people captured some amazing images, like these ones shared with NBC10 Boston: Hunter taking in the view of the Northern Lights in...

If you missed the spectacular showing of the northern lights in May, we’re getting another chance to see them Thursday and Friday Space weather forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) have issued a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday into Friday. Experts are monitoring the sun following a strong X-class solar flare and the resulting coronal...

A severe solar storm may trigger northern lights in Massachusetts and New Hampshire this week. Here’s when to potentially see more auroras in the night sky.

It’s fall in New England, which of course means we’re focused on where to find the brightest colors as we enter peak foliage. But we’re also keeping our eyes to the skies for the aurora borealis, or northern lights. There’s a strong geomagnetic storm expected Saturday night that could bring the northern lights to the North Country, according to...

Before the weather cools down, we have a couple of chances to see the northern lights. Here’s what to know for the weekend.

Of course we’re nearing Halloween, which is 27 days away, but you don’t have to wait too long to see a spooky sight in the sky. The aurora borealis, or northern lights, may be visible as we near the weekend with a much stronger geomagnetic storm than initially thought. In that Kp index that measures the intensity of the...