you can see the northern lights in the US this week
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The Northern Lights are expected to put a show on Nov. 6-7 with the magical light display being visible in 24 states thanks for a solar storm.
Nearly half of the United States could catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Thursday night into Saturday. Why it matters: It's shaping up to be one of the strongest geomagnetic storms of the year,
There is a chance of seeing the elusive northern lights in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and throughout the northeast tonight. Over the last few days there have been multiple Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from sunspot 4274 on the surface of the sun.
A powerful X1.8-class solar flare erupted from the Sun earlier this week, releasing a barrage of charged particles toward Earth. When the storm hit our atmosphere, it created spectacular aurora displays across the Prairies and northern U.S., including right over Winnipeg, where the night sky lit up in waves of green, purple and pink.
The Space Weather Prediction Center said to keep an eye out Thursday evening into Friday morning for the possibility of seeing auroras.