What causes the northern lights? The science behind the aurora borealis.

Nature offers many dazzling displays, from jagged flashes of lightning to radiant sunsets. But perhaps one of the most elusive natural phenomena is the shimmering waves of green, pink, and red dancing across the night sky,

What causes the Northern Lights?

Many got to see the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, recently but have you ever wondered what causes them? They’re caused by geomagnetic storms. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs are blobs of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun’s corona.
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Northern Lights: What causes them, and when you could see them again

If you missed the northern lights that illuminated the sky Tuesday night, you may get another opportunity to witness this natural phenomenon.

Kristen’s Classroom: What causes the Northern Lights?

Meteorologist Kristen Currie gives a lesson on the Northern Lights after a rare occurrence in Central Texas this week.

What are the northern lights? Explaining the phenomenon across the sky

A strong solar storm headed toward Earth lit up the skies across the northern half of the country on Tuesday night.

Are northern lights happening more frequently? What’s behind the recent activity.

Skies over North America erupted this week with shimmering colors: Shades of pink, purple and green swayed across the skies in Northern as well as some Southern states. It followed two similarly prolific auroral displays in North America in October and May of 2024.
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