Alaska Wildlife Guide leads 5.5-hour northern lights tours to Murphy Dome, typically from late August to early April; check with the company for day-to-day tour availability.

Much of the Upper Midwest is within Sunday night’s viewing range, including North Dakota, parts of Montana, northern ...

The northern lights will have a better chance of being seen throughout Canada and Alaska once the sun sets in the state. A ...

The aurora season in Alaska falls between mid-August and mid-April, so you’ll have a full two weeks to chase the aurora, especially after the cruise when you’re in Alaska’s interior.

Viewers in Fairbanks, Alaska captured the northern lights, or the aurora borealis, on video Sunday, showing vibrant green colors rippling across the sky.

While the likelihood of seeing the northern lights will be low for most of the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Alaska and states near the Canadian border will have a higher chance of seeing the lights.

The northern lights — also called aurora borealis — could be visible in Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, northern parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, New York ...

Key Background The northern lights will likely be increasingly visible throughout the U.S. after a “solar maximum” was achieved on the sun’s surface in October 2024, according to NOAA and NASA.

Northern lights could be visible in Alaska and Canada on July 23. Northern parts of the contiguous U.S. have a lower shot at ...

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Assuming the weather is clear, the best time to see the northern lights is usually within an hour or two of midnight, so between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., according to the Space Weather Prediction Center.

Northern lights, or aurora borealis, have been visible as far south as Florida, most recently in May 2024. “A spectacular and rare sight was visible across Florida on May 10, 2024,” The ...