(NEXSTAR) — Several states, primarily along the northern border, may have the chance to see the northern lights on Thursday. A coronal mass ejection, or CME, was hurled out by the sun on Tuesday, NOAA ...

This edition of the northern lights is brought to you by a pair of coronal mass ejections that erupted on New Year's Day.

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When these charged particles reach Earth, they can cause geomagnetic storms that lead to the stunning displays of the aurora borealis, or northern lights. While this particular CME is expected to ...

Earth is facing a double coronal mass ejection impact today, January 3, 2026, potentially triggering G2-class geomagnetic ...

The northern lights danced across the sky amidst a strong geomagnetic storm that impacted Earth on Wednesday, Nov. 12. It was ...

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection could disrupt Earth's magnetic field and ...

It’s incredible to think that the sun, roughly 93 million miles away, can mess with our power grids here on Earth and paint our night skies with ribbons of green and red. But that’s exactly what ...

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as the ...

A coronal mass ejection could knock out power and disrupt communication on Earth Dan Falk - Science Correspondent A coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun in 2013. NASA In August of 1859, ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material thrown out into space by another star—a ...