Dancing silently in Earth’s upper atmosphere, they form iridescent sheets of green and red (or sometimes blue and purple) light. And this week, across the northern United States—and even parts ...

The northern lights may be visible from parts of the ... aurorae tend to give off a green hue (from the former) or a blue–pink–purple light (from the latter.) The geomagnetic storms forecast ...

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.

The northern lights were visible farther south than normal Tuesday, April 15, and they'll be visible again for some residents tonight, April 16.

Memorably, the northern lights were especially visible for skywatchers on the East Coast in late October 2024. Hues of pinks and purple unexpectedly ... nicknamed the Pink Moon, rises on April ...

such as purple, blue and pink, and are most visible at night. These colours are created by two primary gases in the Earth’s atmosphere — oxygen and nitrogen. Usually, the northern lights are ...

The Northern Lights are set to be visible across Wales from ... Nitrogen and oxygen are the two most common gases in the atmosphere, with nitrogen emitting purple, blue and pink colours and oxygen ...

LAST night, parts of Cumbria were treated to a dazzling display of multi-coloured skies as the Northern Lights ... with nitrogen emitting purple, blue and pink colours and oxygen emitting green.