Don't Miss Out: Northern Lights to Shine Bright Monday and Tuesday Night

Northern US residents, go ahead and brave the outdoor chill this Monday or Tuesday night to catch a glimpse of the breathtaking aurora borealis. NOAA is currently predicting that a geomagnetic storm will impact Earth on Monday and Tuesday, which will push the northern lights down into the northern US. 

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This bout of aurora borealis comes to Earth courtesy of a coronal mass ejection from the sun on Dec. 6. Coronal mass ejections are massive bursts of plasma and other solar materials that are forcibly ejected from the sun. These events occur fairly consistently when the sun is at its solar maximum, which it will be through the end of the year and into 2026 ...