Look up tonight! Northern lights may be heading your way
June 6, 2026Updated: June 6, 2026, 12:11 pm EDTPublished: June 4, 2026, 12:06 pm EDT

The northern lights could be visible tonight as a powerful solar storm pushes the aurora as far south as Boston, Chicago and Seattle. Three massive solar flares erupted from the sun, sending a strong geomagnetic storm toward Earth. While space weather is notoriously hard to predict, the storm is the perfect setup for a dazzling aurora display, but will the weather let it shine where you are?