The aurora was the result of a massive solar flare, the strongest since 2017, that the sun unleashed late last week.

After days of will they or won’t they — they will! The northern lights have been visible in many areas of New England Sunday evening, and at least faintly to the naked eye, according to the National Weather Service in Burlington,

Skygazers were treated to a display of the Northern Lights in Southern New England Sunday night. A G1 (minor) storm was confirmed by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The lights are caused by the interaction between those charged particles and gases in the Earth’s atmosphere.