Track the northern lights live with our real-time kp-index monitor and aurora forecast map. See if the aurora borealis is visible in your location right now. Auroras are the result of disturbances in the earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections.

Particles from solar eruptions bombard earth’s magnetic field and enter the atmosphere at regions called auroral ovals. These particles interact with gases in the atmosphere, creating auroras. Auroras are a …