The other part of the good news is the timing of the possible northern lights. Notice that NOAA forecasts a Kp Index of 4 between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and then up to a Kp Index of 5 after 11 p.m.

Viewing opportunities in the northern lights forecast are significantly better than initially reported yesterday and ...

Some across the U.S. may again have a chance to see the northern lights Tuesday night as material hurled out by the sun ...

It's been an active period for solar storms, as the Aurora Borealis has already shown as far south as New York in recent days ...

A powerful burst of solar wind is interacting with Earth’s magnetic field tonight, March 25, 2025—potentially creating ...

Geomagnetic storms on March 25-26 could bring northern lights to the Midwest and northern regions of the US, NOAA reports.

While this evolutionary approach is effective, it assumes geomagnetic invariance, which is often not the case during regular low-altitude flights where the geomagnetic field is dynamic and complex. To ...

orbiter – which is in good health and providing data - have revealed that the Moon’s ionosphere exhibits unexpectedly high electron densities when it enters the Earth’s geomagnetic tail. This finding ...

During a geomagnetic storm, the ionosphere-thermosphere system undergoes severe disturbances, seriously affecting satellite orbits and radio propagation. The May 2024 superstorm was the most ...

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