The Northern Lights Could Transform the Skies in 15 States Tonight. Find Out Where

In a year that's been full of spectacular northern lights, we've got at least one more big night to watch the amazing colors. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting that a recent geomagnetic storm will create a visible aurora borealis in several states tonight.

This most recent aurora event comes to Earth courtesy of a coronal mass ejection from the sun on Sunday. Coronal mass ejections are massive bursts of plasma and other solar materials that are forcibly blasted from the star. 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.

NOAA predicted auroras on both Monday ...